New Delhi, Nov 4 (TIWN) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday hit out at the Congress and its allies in Maharashtra for "misuse of state power" against Republic TV and its editor Arnab Goswami.

Terming it as "blatant misuse of power", Shah wrote on Twitter: "Blatant misuse of state power against Republic TV and Arnab Goswami is an attack on individual freedom and the 4th pillar of democracy."  "It reminds us of the Emergency," tweeted Shah, adding that this attack on free press "must be and "will be opposed".