Patna, June 29 (UNI) Exhorting the people to unite to protect Waqf, Constitution, voting rights and defeat to BJP''s conspiracies, the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly, Tejaswi Prasad Yadav, today thundered that his party would fight against the Waqf bill and would launch a tirade to defeat BJP''s conspiracies for encroaching on the Constitution and voting rights.
Mumbai, June 28 ( UNI) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) general secretary Jojo Thomas today strongly condemned the hate speech delivered by BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar, which has garnered significant media attention in recent days.
Lucknow, June 28 (UNI) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have opposed any move by the BJP to amend the Constitution to remove the words "Secular" and "Socialist" from the Preamble of the Constitution.
New Delhi, June 28 (UNI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar today described as ‘’Nasoor’’ (festering wound) and a sacrilege to the spirit of Sanatana the words secularism and socialism added in the Preamble of the Constitution during emergency, asserting that the Preamble should have been respected rather than tweaked, altered, and decimated.
Bengaluru, June 28 (UNI) The Congress today launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), accusing it of working to undermine the Constitution and stoke societal divisions, while calling on the Narendra Modi government and its allies to clarify their stand on RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale’s comments.
Guwahati, June 28 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday urged the Union government to the words ''Secular'' and ''Socialist'' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
Patna, June 27 (UNI) Dubbing the Election Commission''s (EC) announcement of special intensive revision of the voters list in Bihar as a "mockery of democracy and the Constitution", the leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Prasad Yadav asked the EC to explain the sudden need for the revision of eight crore voters in 25 days before the elections.
Patna, June 27 (UNI) RJD chief Lalu Prasad today slammed the RSS for its demand to drop the words "secular" and "socialist" from the preamble of the Constitution, saying it was a reflection of the organisation''s "hatred for the constitution and its architect Baba Bhim Rao Ambedkar".
New Delhi, June 27 (UNI) Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today slammed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), accusing it of never accepting the Constitution of India and persistently targeting its principal architects, including Dr BR Ambedkar and Jawaharlal Nehru, since 1949.
Jodhpur, June 26 (UNI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma today iterated that the opposition Congress has not shown respect either for the constitution or for Baba Sahib Bhimrao Ambedkar.
Mumbai, June 25 (UNI) Senior BJP leader and former Union minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, today recounted the atrocities committed during the Emergency in 1975, saying that the Congress had turned the entire country into a prison and tortured opposition activists during the period and sought to know will its leaders apologise for the same.
Chandigarh, June 25 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini today launched a scathing attack on the opposition, stating that undermining the core values of the Constitution is in the DNA of the Congress, even though they pretend to be its protectors.
Agartala, June 25 (UNI) The ruling BJP observed Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas (Murder of Constitution Day) today across Tripura, recalling the horror of the Emergency promulgated under the rule of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, with seminars, discussions, and public awareness series.
New Delhi, June 24 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, without naming the Congress, said that those who now lament for the Constitution belong to that party which instead of becoming the protector of democracy, worked to become the destroyer of democracy.