Senior CPM leader and former MP Brinda Karat on Saturday said India is witnessing an “undeclared Emergency” after 2014, drawing explicit comparisons with the 1975-77 Emergency and warning of a sustained assault on workers’ rights, civil liberties and the justice system. ADVERTISEMENT“Trade unions were banned, most workers’ rights were taken away,” she said of the Emergency. “And the way you had to work at that time — that time is coming again, I can tell you.”Calling the present phase an “undeclared Emergency”, Karat said, “This is not two years of Emergency. This is an undeclared area where workers’ rights are being stripped of their rights.”She contrasted the post-Emergency period with the present. “Family after family is being affected.”Reflecting on the relevance of her book today, Karat said, “It’s the experience of a young woman trying to understand the world.

Source: The Telegraph January 11, 2026 06:18 UTC