"Indira Gandhi had strangulated democracy, nobody was ready to speak against her. Then the students of Ahmedabad and Patna had started resisting", Ahwad had stated in Beed, Maharashtra.
Sundar also confirmed that Indira Gandhi had indeed met Karim Lala in Mumbai. He added that his father had good terms with Congress leaders and Bal Thackeray too.
Karim Lala was one of the most infamous characters in modern Mumbai and revealed the dark underbelly of the culture of crime that flourished in the city.
Shiv Sena motormouth Sanjay Raut has now issued clarification on his comments that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used to come to Mumbai to meet underworld don Karim Lala.
Indira Gandhi and her government had gone out of the way to facilitate Sanjay's Maruti scam. At every stage, rules were bent, officials were threatened and coerced into catering to Sanjay Gandhi's whims.