Name Kushalnagar after British officer, demands Codava National Council
Madikeri, June 29: Codava National Council president N U Nachappa urged the government to name Kushalnagar which reminds Tipu Sultan who was responsible for Devatparambu carnage, after Frazer Town or soldier Kulletira Ponnanna.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday after submitting a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, he said that when Tipu was born, his father Hyder Ali who camped with his army at Dandinapete on the bank of Cauvery, had called the region as Kushalnagar. The Persian word ‘Kush’ means, celebration. So as the Kushalnagar would remind Tipu Sultan, the government should rename the place as Frazer Town or Kulletira Ponnanna, he demanded.
The place was named after JS Frazer who ended the ruling of dynasty to uphold the self respect of Codava tribals and passed an Act banning the cow slaughter in 1835 for the first time in the country. But when the Mysuru state was merged with Karnataka in 1956, Frazer Pete was renamed as Kushalnagar. If the government was not ready to rename Kushalnagar after the British officer, it could think of naming it after Codava army commander Kulletira Ponnanna who chased the army of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan who were attacking Kodagu, he demanded.
Welcoming the renaming of Aurangzeb and Akbar roads in New Delhi after Dr Abdul Kalam road and Maharana Pratap road respectively by the Narendra Modi government, he said that the government should change the names which remind the misdeeds of Tipu Sultan, he said.
The memorandum was sent to President Ramnath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others. If the name was not changed, the Council would continue its peaceful protest, he said.
Kaliyanda Prakash, Mukonda Dilip, Mandapanda Manoj, Kiriyada Sharein, Chambanda Janath and Areyada Girish were present while submitting the memorandum.
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SC upholds inclusion of ‘secular, socialist’ in Preamble of Constitution
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the inclusion of the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble of the Constitution, confirming their retrospective application from November 26, 1949. The court ruled that the power to amend the Constitution under Article 368 extends to the Preamble, which is an integral part of the document.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna stated, “The power under Article 368 cannot be curtailed. It will equally apply to the Preamble.” The 42nd Constitutional Amendment, which introduced these terms in 1976 during the Emergency, was challenged on grounds of its retrospective application and the lack of states’ ratification.
The petitioners, including BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, argued that the amendment forced a particular economic theory on the nation and violated the original intent of the Constitution. Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay contended that the Preamble reflects the will of the people at the time of adoption in 1949 and is therefore unalterable.
The court dismissed these objections, affirming that both socialism and secularism are part of the Constitution's Basic Structure. The Bench clarified that socialism refers to a welfare state ensuring equality of opportunity without negating private sector participation or individualism. It emphasised that secularism is embedded in the Constitution, particularly in the principles of equality and fraternity.
Chief Justice Khanna remarked, “Secularism has always been a core feature of the Constitution.” He added that the amendment did not impose socialism as dogma but aligned with the welfare goals enshrined in various constitutional provisions.
