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UP, Assam CMs attack Congress for adding 'secular, socialist' in Preamble

IndiaTimes Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma criticized Congress for adding "secular" and "socialist" to the Constitution's Preamble during the Emergency. Adityanath claimed these words were absent from Ambedkar's original draft. Sarma argued that "secularism" was inherent in Indian civilization, making the addition unnecessary.
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Yogi Questions Congress: Calls Out Emergency-Era Addition of 'Secular', 'Socialist' to Constitution 03:20

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has stirred a historical debate by alleging that the words "Secular" and "Socialist" were not part of the original Constitution drafted under Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Speaking on the subject, CM Yogi claimed that these terms were clandestinely introduced into...

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