Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his statements about the Constitution of India, at Chimur in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, where he addressed an election rally on Saturday.
He said that he can guarantee that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never read the Constitution.
He attributed this failure to the "wall of Article 370" in Jammu and Kashmir, declaring that "Article 370 has been buried forever."
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The Supreme Court said on Monday that secularism has always been held to be part of the basic structure of the constitution and the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ on the preamble of the constitution should not be seen through Western lenses.
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.
