Country facing 'worse than Emergency days': Yashwant Sinha

Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha Thursday described the current situation in the country as "worse than the Emergency days."
Addressing a gathering at the Samajwadi Party office to mark the birth anniversary of Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan, Sinha said, "The situation today in the country is worse than the Emergency days. And it is the duty of all of us to unite and fight this challenge. We have to continue our struggle."
Attacking the Centre, the former Union minister said, "In the Cabinet, the prime minister is only the first amongst the equals. The Rafale deal was signed, but the defence minister did not know that it was about to happen."

Referring to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as a "bechari"(hapless) minister, Sinha said, "The foreign minister seldom accompanies the Prime Minister on his foreign trips and many people say she is a twitter minister or visa minister."
Lauding former Prime Minister Lal Bahdur Shastri, Sinha said he never "advertised his poverty." "
Speaking at the function, SP president Akhilesh Yadav said, "Jai Prakash Narayan had given the clarion call of Sampoorna Kranti (total revolution). This resulted in sending tremors in the corridors of power in Delhi. And with Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha, giving the call, there will be 'sampoorna safaaya' (complete annihilation of the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls) in the entire country including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar."