A scam too far

For many non-Congress politicians, the Emergency has become the default expression of outrage. Throughout last Sunday, as the country digested the drama surrounding Baba Ramdev's protest in Delhi's Ramlila Ground, the allusions to the 21-month Emergency competed with references to the massacre in Amritsar's Jallianwala Bagh. In this battle over history, Indira Gandhi's coup clearly prevailed over Lt-General Reginald Dyer's trigger-happiness. 

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