Maya welcomes Centre stand on socialist, secular in Preamble
BSP
chief Mayawati on Friday welcomed the Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal's statement in Parliament that the govt has no current plan or intention to remove the words 'socialist' and 'secular' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
Insisting that the statement was "appropriate and commendable", the BSP chief, in a post on X, said, "It is news of relief and assurance for all such people, including our party BSP, who are completely against any such improper change or tampering in the Constitution of the most revered Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and were also worried about such wrong demands arising."
It all started in June when RSS general secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale said that whether the words 'secular' and 'socialist' should remain in the preamble of the Constitution needed to be discussed.
Mayawati had then said that it will be extremely inappropriate to tamper with the provisions and humanitarian objectives of the Constitution, "as words used in it and its preamble satisfy the soul of the country, and were implemented after a lot of prudence and long and in-depth discussion."
She said that her party, BSP, was getting a feeling that it was time to raise a voice against such things nationally.
"If any political party tries to alter the Constitution, the BSP will not simply sit and watch over it, but hit the streets in protest," she said.
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The former UP CM said that India is the country with the largest population of people of different religions, like Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, and Parsis, and the specialty of unity in diversity through the Constitution is its unique identity across the world.
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