Indira Gandhi’s Emergency Injustice | ‘Secularism’ And ‘Socialism’ Not Part Of Preamble Drafted By Ambedkar, Must Be Reviewed: RSS
RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale questions the inclusion of ‘secularism’ and ‘socialism’ in the Preamble, saying they weren’t added by Ambedkar. He also asks Congress to apologise for the Indira Gandhi’s Emergency-era excesses.
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NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said that the inclusion of the words ‘secularism’ and ‘socialism’ in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution should be reconsidered, as these were not part of the original Constitution written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
Mr. Hosabale was speaking at an event that marked 50 years since the Emergency (1975), where he also criticized the Congress party, asking it to apologise to the country for what he called a “Draconian Act of Indira Gandhi”.
He spoke about the “several injustices” committed during the Emergency by the then Congress-led government. He said that more than one lakh people were jailed, including 250 journalists, and that fundamental rights were badly violated.
He also said the government forced sterilisation on more than 60 lakh people, which was one of the most extreme and harmful steps taken during that time.
Talking about what happened to the Constitution during the Emergency, Mr. Hosabale raised questions on the ideological additions made.
He asked:
“Freedom of judiciary was also curtailed… but one more thing. Two words — that are, secularism and socialism — were added in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution during the Emergency. These two words were not there in the Preamble before. Preamble is eternal to the nation, but are the views and values of socialism, in terms of ideology, eternal for India?”
He said that the word ‘secularism’ was not there in the original Constitution:
“Yes, the ideas of secularism may have existed, they may have been part of governance and state policy — that’s a different matter. But should these two words remain in the Preamble? This is something that deserves a review.”
Mr. Hosabale reminded people that many parts of the Constitution were added later and were not written by Ambedkar.
He stated:
“Because I know — and I’m saying this while standing in the building named after Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of our Constitution — that these words were not included by him. These words were added during the Emergency when citizens’ rights were suspended, when Parliament was ineffective, when the judiciary was crippled. At that time, this was inserted.”
Without naming anyone, he also took a jab at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that it was his ancestors who had damaged the Constitution during the Emergency, but now he tries to defend the Constitution by waving copies of it in Parliament:
“It was his ancestors who had shattered the Constitution, but now he protests in the Parliament with copies of the same Constitution in his hand.”
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