Six years since Anantkumar Hegde stated the BJP would change the Constitution to eliminate the phrase “secular” in its preamble, the BJP MP on Sunday reiterated it, exhorting the general public to make sure two-thirds majority for the saffron occasion in Lok Sabha to amend the nation’s founding doc.
The BJP wants a two-thirds majority in each homes of Parliament to amend the Constitution and “set right distortions and unnecessary additions made to it by the Congress”, Hedge stated, addressing a gathering right here, occurring to elucidate the numbers required to amend the preamble of the Constitution. The occasion would additionally want to return to energy in additional than 20 States for this, the six-time Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka stated.
Karnataka | Uttara Kannada BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde says, “They (Congress) have changed the Constitution and brought laws to oppress the entire Hindu society. If all this is to be changed, it will not happen with this minority vote. Both sides need a 2/3 majority. This time PM… pic.twitter.com/qltT44z9AL
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“If the Constitution needs to be amended — the Congress essentially distorted the Constitution by forcefully filling pointless issues in it, particularly by bringing in legal guidelines that had been aimed toward suppressing the Hindu society — if all of this needs to be modified it’s not attainable with this (present) majority.
“If we think it can be done as Congress is not there in Lok Sabha and (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi has two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha, and keep quiet, it is not possible,” he stated, as he confused on the BJP’s have to have two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and in addition win two-thirds of the States, to convey modifications within the Constitution.
“Modi said — Ab ki baar 400 paar (This time it will be above 400 seats) — Why above 400? … We have two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha, (but) in Rajya Sabha we don’t have two-thirds majority. We have a small majority. In state governments, we don’t have an adequate majority,” Hegde stated.
Hegde stated NDA profitable greater than 400 seats within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would finally assist in mustering the same majority within the Rajya Sabha, and coming to energy in two-third of the states.
Pointing out that within the current Rajya Sabha polls held in Karnataka, three seats had been received by the Congress, whereas BJP obtained just one, the MP stated that if Congress’s quantity will increase, any Constitutional modification made by the BJP authorities wouldn’t get handed within the Rajya Sabha.
“Now government plans to implement it (CAA) through an amendment. If not, the law and order will go out of hands and anti-nationals will have a free run,” Hegde stated, with out explaining who the “anti-nationals” are.
“If we win more than 400 Lok Sabha seats, we can win the assembly seats. Because of this more than 20 states will come to us, and we will have two-thirds majority among the state governments. With two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and among state governments — once this happens — then see how it will be,” he stated.
In 2017, Hegde, the then Union Minister of State for Skill Development, had courted controversy for his feedback relating to altering the Constitution.
Seeking to finish the controversy that had stalled parliamentary proceedings on the time, Hegde had subsequently tendered an apology within the Lok Sabha after a nudge by the Speaker, however maintained that his assertion had been distorted.
Reacting to Hegde’s assertion at this time, Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress chief D Okay Shivakumar stated this confirmed that the BJP is anti-Constitution.
“Let him do it, amend the Constitution…this shows that the BJP government (at the Centre) and the BJP MP are against the Constitution given by Babasaheb Ambedkar. Let him get it stamped by the Prime Minister,” he informed reporters within the district headquarters city of Mandya.
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First Published: Mar 10 2024 | 11:43 PM IST
