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"Preamble is not changeable... but this Preamble for Bharat was changed":
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Speaking at an event at the Vice-President's Enclave, marking the presentation of the first copy of 'Ambedkar's Messages' compiled by author and former Karnataka MLC DS Veeraiah, Dhankhar emphasised that a preamble of a constitution was "not changeable" or "not alterbale" as was the base on
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CPI(M)'s MA Baby slams RSS's call to drop 'secularism', 'socialism' from P
Updated : 9 months ago IST
CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby on Saturday has strongly criticised recent remarks by RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, who called for the removal of the words "secularism" and "socialism" from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma urges removal of 'secularism' and 'socialism'
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday launched a book titled 'The Emergency Diaries: Years that Forged a Leader' at the state BJP headquarters in Guwahati.
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"Indira Gandhi ji murdered Constitution made by Baba Saheb Ambedkar ji": B
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday slammed the Congress and accused Indira Gandhi of "murdering" the Constitution made by Baba Saheb Ambedkar by implementing the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution, considered as the 'Mini-Constitution' because it made sweeping changes t
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Oppn train guns on RSS over call to remove "secular, socialist" from Prea
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's comments pitching to remove the words "secular and socialist" from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution has sparked massive outrage in the political circle with the opposition leaders and parties labelling it as an
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"Worshippers of capitalism": AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj attacks BJP-RSS over
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi state president Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday accused the BJP and RSS of attempting to erode core constitutional values like socialism and secularism for the benefit of capitalist interests.
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"Why socialism, secularism terms not in original draft?" Shaina NC backs R
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC on Friday said she "supports" the remarks of RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on the Constitution and said that the leader's demand to re-examine the original draft prepared by Dr BR Ambedkar stems from the view that in a republic like India, invoking term
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"Any right-thinking citizen will endorse it": Jitendra Singh backs RSS' ca
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"Any right-thinking citizen will endorse it because everyone knows they are not part of the original constitution, which Dr Ambedkar and the rest of the committee wrote. This is not the question of BJP vs non-BJP...It is a matter of preserving democratic and constitutional values, and those
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"Long-standing agenda to reshape India's democracy": Siddaramaiah targets
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"The RSS has always opposed the core values of our constitution -- secularism and socialism. Now, their leaders are once again saying these words should be removed from the Preamble. This is not a casual remark -- it is part of a long-standing agenda to reshape India's democracy in their ide
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"RSS has never accepted Constitution," says Congress' Jairam Ramesh after
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The Congress leader was replying to the comments made by RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Thursday, as the latter claimed that terms like "Socialist" and "Secular" were forcibly inserted into the Constitution -- a move that needs to be reconsidered today, while speaking at a prog
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore slams RSS over call to reconsider 'Socialist',
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Congress MP Manickam Tagore condemned RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's remarks suggesting reconsideration of "socialism" and "secularism" in the Constitution's Preamble, accusing the RSS of promoting a "Hindu Rashtra" agenda in a fiery X post.
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Samajwadi Party to celebrate July 26 as Aarakshan Divas, Samvidhan Maan Di
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Thursday, announced that the party will celebrate July 26 as Aarakshan Divas (Reservation Day) and Samvidhan Maan Divas (Constitution Respect Day). The SP chief slammed the BJP for being against socialism and secularism.
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