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“Indira Gandhi didn’t break any party”: Sanjay Raut’s jab sparks political row on Emergency anniversary
Updated On: 25 June, 2026 07:17 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The “breaking a party” remark came in the context of six of nine UBT Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MPs switching to the Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Raut claimed that the country has been under an “Emergency-like situation” for the past 12 years

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut. File Pic
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday took a jibe at the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the BJP after NCERT introduced a topic on the 1975 Emergency in a Class 9 textbook, stating that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi did not break any political party.
The “breaking a party” remark came in the context of six of nine UBT Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MPs switching to the Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde, reported PTI.


