In a sharp critique of the Congress, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused the party of tampering with the Preamble and "strangling" the Constitution.
Opposing Swamy’s plea, Member of Rajya Sabha and the Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam in his impleadment application has told the top court that both 'secularism and socialism' are inherent to the basic features of the Constitution.
Although the order was passed on Friday, a copy of that order was uploaded to the website on Saturday.
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Addition of the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ in the Preamble added nothing of substance to the Constitution, argue G.L. VERMA
While the extent of the Congress party's commitment to secularism needs to be qualified, regional parties follow contrasting trajectories. For instance, regional heavyweights have oscillated between secular discourse and not-so-secular practices. Some of them left the BJP-led NDA coalition after violence erupted against Muslims and Christians, but these parties have rejoined the BJP alliance when it has suited them politically
Rao said he has spoken to his counterparts in other states and he might convene a conclave of regional parties and Chief Ministers to oppose the CAA since it concerns the country's future.
Speaking at the National Cadet Corps or NCC Republic Day Camp in Delhi, Singh said, 'We (India) said we would not discriminate among religions. Why did we do that? Our neighbouring country has declared that their state has a religion. They have declared themselves a theocratic state. We didn't declare so.'
Amid rising cases of mob-lynching and culprits roaming free with impunity, Alice Wells reminded India that its Constitution mandates a secular state that upholds the rights of all citizens to practice religion freely, freedom of expression and speech, and equal treatment before the law.
It is rather unfortunate that many people learnt of the President’s bold decision not to host at taxpayer’s expense any…
