Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday claimed that the copies of the Constitution handed to the MPs before entering the new Parliament building did not have the words ‘socialist secular’ in its preamble.
Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday claimed that the copies of the Constitution handed to the MPs before entering the new Parliament building did not have the words ‘socialist secular’ in its preamble. However, Law Minister Ram Meghwal said that the distributed copies were the바카라 웹사이트original copies바카라 웹사이트of the Constitution바카라 웹사이트where the aforementioned words were not there, along with "integrity under fraternity."바카라 웹사이트
Holding a copy of the Constitution, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, along with Rahul Gandhi and several other Congress and opposition leaders, entered the new complex.바카라 웹사이트Before entering the new building, MPs received copies of the Constitution of India,바카라 웹사이트books related to the Parliament, a commemorative coin and a stamp.바카라 웹사이트
However, the Congress leader in Lok Sabha claimed that the words 'socialist secular' were 'cleverly' removed from the copies of the constitution that were handed over to the MPs. "We know that the words were added after an amendment in 1976 but if someone gives us the Constitution today and it doesn't have those words, it is a matter of concern...Their intention is suspicious,"바카라 웹사이트Chowdhury said.바카라 웹사이트
Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi too confirmed to reporters outside the Parliament today that these words were missing from the copies handed to them.바카라 웹사이트
During the special session yesterday, Chowdhury바카라 웹사이트was seen reading the Preamble of the Constitution in Parliament. Notably, he did mention the words 'socialist'바카라 웹사이트and 'secular'바카라 웹사이트while reading out the text.
The terms ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ were inserted into the preamble as part of the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution in 1976 during the Emergency imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi. The description of India was then changed from바카라 웹사이트“sovereign democratic republic” to “sovereign socialist secular democratic republic”.바카라 웹사이트
In a historic transition, the Parliament moved into a swanky new complex on Tuesday.바카라 웹사이트The new four-storey triangular shaped complex has been named 'Parliament House of India', according to an official notification, whereas PM Narendra Modi proposed that the old building be renamed바카라 웹사이트'Samvidhan Sadan'.바카라 웹사이트