'Anti-constitutional': Cong slams RSS over call to review terms 'Socialist', 'Secular' in Preamble
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Thursday accused the RSS and the BJP of being "anti-constitutional" after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale called for reviewing the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution.
In a post in Hindi on X, the Congress said it will never allow the BJP-RSS "conspiracy" to succeed and will oppose any such move.
"The thinking of the RSS-BJP is anti-constitutional. Now, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale has demanded a change in the preamble of the Constitution," the Congress said in a post on X.
The party claimed that Hosabale wants the words "socialist" and "secular" to be removed from the preamble.
"This is a conspiracy to destroy Baba Saheb's Constitution, which the RSS-BJP has been hatching for long," the Congress said.
The opposition party claimed that when the Constitution was implemented, the RSS opposed it and burnt its copies.
"In the Lok Sabha elections, BJP leaders were openly saying that they needed more than 400 seats in Parliament to change the Constitution, but the people taught them a lesson.
"Now, once again, they are engaged in their conspiracies, but Congress will not let their intentions succeed at any cost. Hail Constitution," the Congress said.
The RSS, the ideological mentor of the ruling BJP, on Thursday called for reviewing the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution, saying they were added during the Emergency and were never part of the Constitution drafted by B R Ambedkar.
Addressing an event here organised on the Emergency, Hosabale said, "The preamble of the Constitution, Baba Saheb Ambedkar never had these words. During the Emergency, when fundamental rights were suspended, Parliament did not work, the judiciary became lame, then these words were added."
He said discussions were held on this issue later, but no effort was made to remove them from the preamble.
"So, whether they should remain in the preamble should be considered," he added.
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Three youths bludgeon 40-year-old man to death with brick in Baghpat
Baghpat (UP) (PTI): Police said on Saturday that three youths allegedly bludgeoned a man to death with a brick in Meetli village here following a late-night beer party.
Preliminary investigations suggest the dispute arose from a suspected illicit relationship, said police, adding that the three accused have been detained.
Police received information on Saturday morning that the body of Sonu (40), a resident of Dola village, was lying in the forest near Meetli village.
There were visible signs of severe head injuries on his body, and bottles of liquor and beer were also recovered from the crime scene, leading to the suspicion that a drinking party had taken place there before the incident, police said.
Superintendent of Police Suraj Kumar Rai said police registered a case based on the written complaint submitted by the family members.
Police sent the body for a postmortem.
According to the deceased's family members, two youngsters from the same village took him away at 8:00 pm on Friday, and he never returned home.
They said when they tried to contact him via phone, his mobile number was switched off.
The deceased worked as a street food vendor in the village and is survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.
