Sonia Gandhi Discusses Emergency and Indira Gandhi's Regret in Memoir

Sonia Gandhi acknowledged in her upcoming memoir that democratic rights had been curtailed and habeas corpus suspended during the Emergency.

She stated that the decision was driven by widespread unrest and pressure from senior colleagues rather than solely by Sanjay Gandhi.

Indira Gandhi called for elections in March 1977 and later publicly expressed regret and apologized for the excesses committed.