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Varanasi: Recalling the horrors of Emergency, Union minister of agriculture, farmers welfare and rural development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday accused the Congress of undermining democracy and demanded that the party should apologise to the nation for the excesses committed by it.Recalling his personal experience, he said that the horrors of the Emergency, which tore apart democracy, remain vivid in his memory. "Fifty years ago, in its arrogance and pride, Congress launched a direct assault ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The BJP rushed to the defence of the state government over its decision to introduce Hindi as an optional language for Classes 1 to 5 after the Thackeray cousins announced their decision to hold a joint morcha against "imposition" of Hindi in state schools.CM Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said Marathi is compulsory, Hindi is optional. "Basically, students can learn any Indian language. We have accepted the three-language policy. When NE was introduced, the Uddhav Thackeray govt was in offi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's comments pitching to remove the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution has sparked massive outrage in the political circle with the opposition leaders and parties labelling it as an 'insult to the Constitution' and an attack on its framers, including Babasaheb Ambedkar. However, BJP leaders and alliance party Shiv Sena came to defend the RSS leader, rei ...Read More >
'Kissa Kursi Ka ... ': Jaishankar Slams Indira Gandhi for Emergency, Asks Rahul, Sonia To Apologise External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar launched a fierce attack on the Gandhi family, blaming them for the imposition of the Emergency in 1975, calling it the darkest day in Indian democracy. Speaking at a BJYM Mock Parliament event marking 50 years of the Emergency, Jaishankar said the autocratic move stemmed from one family placing itself above the nation. Referencing the film Kissa Kursi Ka, h ...Read More >
Highlighting that foundation stones of projects worth over ₹80 crore would be laid during his visit of Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur districts, Union minister for parliamentary affairs and minority affairs Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said tribal districts of Himachal Pradesh would witness revolutionary transformation as several development projects were in the pipeline. He also accused the Sukvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government of "misleading" the people regarding the Union government's role ...Read More >
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant sent a strong message to industries, stating that the dumping of hazardous and industrial waste in non-designated areas would not be tolerated. He chaired a meeting of the Goa Waste Management Corporation on Friday, and said that all types of waste, including industrial, chemical, and biomedical waste generated in the state, will be monitored and tracked.Sawant said that while nearly all hospitals and medical facilities complied with norms for the disposal of ...Read More >
Varanasi: Recalling the horrors of Emergency, Union minister of agriculture, farmers welfare and rural development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday accused the Congress of undermining democracy and demanded that the party should apologise to the nation for the excesses committed by it.Recalling his personal experience, he said that the horrors of the Emergency, which tore apart democracy, remain vivid in his memory. "Fifty years ago, in its arrogance and pride, Congress launched a direct assault ...Read More >
Jodhpur/Jaipur: In a sharp escalation of political wrangling, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot Friday accused BJP and RSS of harbouring a long-standing agenda to amend India's Constitution. His remarks came in response to controversial statements made by RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, who suggested changes to the Preamble.Speaking in Jodhpur, Gehlot cited multiple Supreme Court judgments, including the landmark 1973 Kesavananda Bharati case, to emphasise the legal sanctity of the C ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union agriculture minister Shivraj Chouhan on Friday suggested that it is time for a thoughtful debate about the words "socialism and secularism" in the Constitution's Preamble while asserting that these two terms do not reflect India's core cultural values. Chouhan's remarks came a day after RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale called for a review of addition of socialism and secularism in the Constitution's Preamble, saying these two words were not in the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury on Friday criticised External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar for his remarks on the Emergency and India's foreign policy, calling him 'neither a politician nor a great minister.' 'We are surrounded by enemies everywhere. He is neither a politician nor a great minister. He should stop talking like this and focus on his actual job of making sure that India has some allies and friends. It's a failed policy that we are facing...' C ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 27 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC on Friday said she 'supports' the remarks of RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on the Constitution and said that the leader's demand to re-examine the original draft prepared by Dr BR Ambedkar stems from the view that in a republic like India, invoking terms such as 'socialist or pseudo-secular' is no longer necessary. Speaking to ANI, Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC said, 'We support the RSS General Secretary Dattatreya ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi state president Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday accused the BJP and RSS of attempting to erode core constitutional values like socialism and secularism for the benefit of capitalist interests. Terming BJP-RSS as 'worshippers of capitalism,' Bharadwaj said the ruling party alongwith the RSS have been selling and privatising everything and that is why they have a problem with the word socialism. Bharadwaj's remarks came in response to RSS Gen ...Read More >
Srinagar: Amid the ongoing political slugfest between BJP and Congress over the Emergency period and comparisons to authoritarian rule, jailed Member of Parliament and Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) leader Engineer Rashid has announced a 24-hour hunger strike inside Tihar Jail, starting at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 29. According to AIP Chief Spokesperson Inam Un Nabi, Engineer Rashid made this decision known during a recent meeting with his family, emphasising t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Several Opposition parties Friday denounced RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's call to review the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble, terming it a "deliberate assault" on the soul of the Constitution. The attack came a day after the RSS proposed reviewing the two words, saying they were included during the Emergency and were never part of the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar. While the Congress saw it as a "deliberate assault" on the soul of the Constitution ...Read More >
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) following its alleged call to remove the words 'socialist' and 'secular' from the Preamble of the Constitution. In a strongly worded post, he accused the RSS of being the most casteist and hateful organisation in the country.Lalu's remarks followed a speech by RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale at an event in Delhi on Thursday, where he suggested removing the two words from the Pream ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The Left parties on Friday denounced RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's call to review the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble, saying these "basic tenets" of the Constitution reflect the values for which freedom fighters sacrificed their lives. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) alleged the RSS' proposal exposes its "long-standing objective of subverting the Constitution and its intent to transform India into a Hindu Rashtra". CPI General Secre ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) Several opposition parties on Friday denounced RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's call to review the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble, terming it a "deliberate assault" on the soul of the Constitution. The attack came a day after the RSS proposed reviewing the two words, saying they were included during the Emergency and were never part of the Constitution drafted by B R Ambedkar. While the Congress saw it as a "deliberate assault" on the soul of ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The issue of Sri Lanka arresting Indian fishermen stems from an agreement during the Emergency under which their rights for fishing in some specific areas were given up, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. The agreement with Sri Lanka would not have been possible if a genuine Parliament functioned at that time, Jaishankar said at an event organised by the BJP Yuva Morcha to mark the 50th anniversary of the Emergency. Katchatheevu, an uninhabited islan ...Read More >
Jammu, Jun 27 (PTI) In an indirect support to the RSS' call to review the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said any right-thinking citizen will endorse it because everybody knows that these words were not part of the original Constitution written by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The RSS on Thursday called for reviewing the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the preamble of the Constitution, saying they were included during the ...Read More >
Patna, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has vehemently condemned RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale for his call to review the Preamble of the Indian Constitution, saying it is an attack on democratic values. Lalu's remarks come after Dattatreya Hosabale, in a media interaction on Thursday, called for a review of the words 'Socialist' and 'Secular' from the Preamble, arguing that these terms were inserted during the Emergency era and no longer reflect ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 27 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday condemned the RSS's call to review the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Indian Constitution's Preamble, describing it as "a brazen attempt to dismantle the core ideals of our Republic." In a post on 'X,' the chief minister said, "Invoking the emergency to discredit these principles is a deceitful move, especially when the RSS colluded with the Indira Gandhi Government during that time for its own survival." " ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday denounced RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's call to review the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Constitution's Preamble, saying these ideas reflect the core values for which freedom fighters sacrificed their lives. The left party alleged the RSS' proposal exposes its "long-standing objective of subverting the Constitution and its intent to transform India into a Hindu Rashtra". Hosabale, while addressing a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's call for reviewing the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble of the Constitution is not about dismantling it but about restoring its "original spirit", free from the "distortions" of the Congress' Emergency-era policies, according to an article published in an RSS-linked magazine on Friday. Citing the Constituent Assembly debate on the issue, it said Hosabale's call resonates with the democratic principles championed ...Read More >
Bhopal, June 27 (UNI) In a bizarre incident, 19 vehicles of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav's convoy broke down together after diesel allegedly mixed with water was filled in their tanks at a fuel station in the Ratlam district of the state late Thursday night. Authorities carried out an inspection of the fuel station, and subsequently it was sealed. The stalled vehicles, mostly Toyota Innovas, had to be towed away and a replacement fleet was summoned hurriedly from Indore, to be ...Read More >
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday conducted an aerial survey of the under-construction multipurpose Jamrani Dam project in Nainital district and reviewed the ongoing work at the site. Speaking to ANI after the survey, the Chief Minister thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reviving the decades-old project that had remained stalled for over 60 years. "First of all, I would like to thank PM Modi on behalf of the people of Uttarakhand that this project was lon ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 27 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday conducted an aerial survey of the under-construction multipurpose Jamrani Dam project in Nainital district and reviewed the ongoing work at the site. Speaking to ANI after the survey, the Chief Minister thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reviving the decades-old project that had remained stalled for over 60 years. Also Read | Panasonic Layoffs Coming? Japanese Electronics Major Likely ...Read More >
Jammu: Backing Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's demand for removal of 'Socialist' and 'Secular' words from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Dr. Jitendra Singh on Friday said that any right-thinking individual will endorse this demand. "I think any right-thinking citizen will endorse it because everybody knows that these were not part of the original Constitution written by Dr. BR Ambedkar and othe ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Friday launched a sharp attack on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, alleging that his recent remarks reflected a 'hidden agenda' to change the Constitution of India. Tiwari claimed the people had rejected this plan during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His remark came after the General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, who questioned the legitimacy of including the terms 'socialist' and 'secular' i ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar on Friday hit out at the Congress for not apologising even 50 years after it imposed the Emergency by "murdering" the Constitution. Speaking at the sidelines of a Mock Parliament organised by Delhi BJP here to mark the dark chapter of Emergency, Jaishankar said, "Some people go around carrying a copy of the Constitution, but they have little respect for it in their hearts. Has the Congress ever apologised for the Eme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The Congress on Friday alleged that the RSS has "never accepted" the Constitution and its call to review the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble is part of a "long-standing conspiracy to dismantle" Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision for a just, inclusive and democratic India. The opposition party also said the suggestion by the RSS is a "deliberate assault on the soul of our Constitution". The Congress' attack came a day after the RSS called for reviewing the words ...Read More >
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