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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addresses the media after welcoming Churu MP Rahul Kaswan who joined the social gathering, in New Delhi, Monday, March 11, 2024. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday attacked the BJP over its MP Anantkumar Hegde’s comment about amending the Constitution, alleging that the ruling social gathering is in opposition to social justice and secularism enshrined within the Constitution.
Addressing a press convention on the social gathering headquarters right here, the Congress president mentioned the BJP goals to get an enormous mandate just for amending the Constitution.
Kharge’s assault got here after Hegde, at a gathering in Karwar in Karnataka on Saturday, had mentioned the BJP wanted a two-thirds majority in each Houses of Parliament to amend the Constitution and “set right the distortions and unnecessary additions made to it by the Congress”.
He claimed that on one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi states that the Constitution won’t be modified and however, he makes his individuals say that they want two-thirds majority to amend it.
This assertion has been made not by any fringe component however a BJP MP, Kharge mentioned.
“They (BJP) are against social justice and secularism enshrined in the Constitution,” he mentioned.
“This is just not mindset, this may create upheaval in nation if you wish to change the Constitution, Kharge mentioned, hitting out on the BJP.
That is why PM Modi says 400-plus seats for the NDA as they wish to amend the Constitution, Kharge claimed.
If anybody in my social gathering makes such remarks I’ll take away him, in the event that they (BJP) have braveness they need to do it…. If they consider in B R Ambedkar they need to take away such individuals from their social gathering and never give them tickets, he mentioned.
A six-term Lok Sabha MP and former Union minister, Hegde is understood for his hardline views and his feedback have sparked controversies prior to now too.
The BJP on Sunday dubbed Hegde’s remarks “personal opinion” and sought a clarification from him.
In a publish on X, the Karnataka unit of the BJP had mentioned, “MP Ananthkumar Hegde’s remarks on the Constitution are his private views and don’t replicate the social gathering’s stance. BJP reaffirms our unwavering dedication to uphold the nation’s Constitution and can ask for an evidence from Hegde relating to his feedback.
#WATCH | Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge says “I have to say with great sadness that the Constitution of the country has not been accepted entirely by the BJP… On one side, PM Modi says that the Constitution will never change, on the other side he makes his people say… pic.twitter.com/uCFgdJI1Nt
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First Published: Mar 11 2024 | 4:10 PM IST
