Jail Was "Torture Camp" During Emergency, Tamil Nadu's MK Stalin Says In Autobiography
NDTV
Recounting his entry into Chennai's Central Prison following arrest in 1976, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in his autobiography described the jail time as a 'torture camp' that reverberated with wail.
Marked by a sense of detachment 'like a saint', late DMK patriarch and his father M Karunanidhi handed him over to police during the infamous Emergency period, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has reminisced in his autobiography.
Recounting his entry into the Central Prison in Chennai following arrest in 1976, Mr Stalin in his autobiography described the jail time as a 'torture camp' that reverberated with wail.
Though shocking, it gave 'Sakthi' (strength) to an ideologically committed person to face anything. "That day, I got the strength to face anything," Mr Stalin said.
The Emergency was imposed by the then Indira Gandhi government in 1975 and was in place till 1977. The period was infamous for widespread arrests of opposition political leaders and curtailment of civil liberties.
