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Centre vs Congress as 'secular', 'socialist' missing from Constitution copies: Controversy explained

IndiaTimes Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday alleged that the words "secular" and "socialist" were missing from the Preamble in the copies of the Constitution given to lawmakers on the first day of the new Parliament building.However, law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said the copies that were distributed contained the original version of the Preamble which did not contain these words. The words "secular" and "socialist" were added later after constitutional amendments.
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A new row in the Indian politics after Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said key words have been dropped from the Indian Constitution. The Congress leader said that the copies of the Constitution which the lawmaker carried in their hands didn't have the word...

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