A large number of Uttarakhand natives on Sunday gathered at Jantar Mantar under the banner of Uttarakhand Ekta Manch to demand the inclusion of the state's hilly region in the 5th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Continuing its attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks ‘insulting and demeaning’ Dr BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, the DMK Executive Committee on Sunday registered its strong condemnation saying it is an irredeemable shame for parliamentary democracy under the BJP dispensation.
The Rajya Sabha on Monday took up a two-day debate on the Constitution with the government fielding Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to blame the Congress for amending the Constitution from time to time for the sake of a 'family.'
Emphasising that all must adhere to the Constitution and its Preamble, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, Monday said merely pointing fingers at each other won’t help.
Highlighting that 'India's Constitution has stood the test of time', the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday slammed the Congress for brazenly amending the Constitution from time to time to help the family and dynasty.
Rijiju said he observed that on several occasions judges go beyond the limit of duties and tend to do executive functions without knowing the ground realities.
According to the Congress, the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' is being held to combat the divisive politics of the BJP-led Centre and to awaken the people of the country to the dangers of economic inequalities, social polarisation and political centralisation.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday called for strengthening the thriving space for discussion and dialogue in the public realm, suggesting that intolerance of others' points of view is antithetical to the vision of free exchange of thought.
The Election Commission of India conducts the presidential elections in exercise of powers vested in it under Article 324 of the Constitution of India.
On Friday, A writ petition was filed by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy seeking deletion of the words 'Socialism' and 'Secularism' from the Preamble to the constitution.
