Claim

The Congress party misused Article 356 a total of 90 times, amended the constitution repeatedly, and moved individuals between judgeships and Rajya Sabha membership.

“90 बार टोटल कांग्रेस ने 356 का ही दुरुपयोग किया। और कई बार कई-कई धाराएं जोड़ दी। किसी को जज बना दिया। फिर उसको राज्यसभा सदस्य बना दिया।”

Rationale

The three sub-claims are substantially supported. President's Rule has been imposed ~130+ times since 1950, and tallies attribute roughly 90–93 impositions to Congress-led central governments (Indira Gandhi alone ~50), matching the anchor's '90 times' figure; the Sarkaria Commission and S.R. Bommai judgment both documented widespread misuse, though not every single imposition was improper (some involved genuine breakdowns or hung assemblies). Congress governments did amend the Constitution repeatedly (the majority of the 100+ amendments, including the sweeping 42nd Amendment). The judgeship/Rajya Sabha claim is borne out by Baharul Islam (Congress RS MP made SC judge, then returned to Congress politics) and Ranganath Misra (former CJI later made a Congress Rajya Sabha MP). Confidence is moderate because the exact '90' count comes from political statements and press tallies rather than an independent fact-checker's verified count, and 'misuse' in all 90 instances is a characterization rather than an established fact.

Evidence

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_rule President's Rule has been imposed roughly 130+ times since 1950; Congress-era governments account for the large majority, with Indira Gandhi's governments alone imposing it around 50 times. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/front-page/congress-misused-article-356-removed-90-elected-govts-pm-modi/ The '90 times' figure matches the widely reported tally cited in Parliament (Modi: 90; Amit Shah: 93 of 132 total impositions attributed to Congress governments). ✗ unreachable · HTTP 404
• https://theprint.in/india/indira-gandhi-misused-article-356-fifty-times-to-dismiss-elected-state-govts-says-pm-modi/1363845/ Reports the breakdown that Indira Gandhi's Congress governments used Article 356 about 50 times, consistent with a ~90 total under Congress rule. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._R._Bommai_v._Union_of_India Records that Article 356 was invoked more than 90 times before the 1994 Bommai judgment, often on doubtful grounds, and was frequently misused by the Centre against rival-party state governments. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baharul_Islam Baharul Islam was a Congress Rajya Sabha MP made a High Court and later Supreme Court judge, then resigned to re-enter politics for Congress — supporting the judge/Rajya Sabha revolving-door claim. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranganath_Misra Former Chief Justice of India Ranganath Misra became a Congress Rajya Sabha MP (1998–2004), the direct example of a judge later made a Rajya Sabha member by Congress. ✓ reachable · archived