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‘Preamble Like Parenthood, Cannot Be Changed Howsoever You Try’: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar

KOCHI, KERALA, INDIA, JUL 7 – Vice-President Dhankhar rejected calls to review 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Constitution's preamble, noting no country's preamble has been changed historically but India’s was during the Emergency.

  • Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar stated that the Preamble of the Indian Constitution is like parenthood and cannot be changed, regardless of efforts to do so.
  • Dhankhar highlighted that the Preamble was altered during the Emergency period when many people were imprisoned, describing it as the darkest time in Indian democracy.
  • The RSS has called for a review of the terms 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble, stating they were added during the 1976 constitutional amendment.
  • Union ministers also supported reviewing the terms, with Jitendra Singh claiming they were included under exceptional circumstances and not part of the original Constitution.
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The Print broke the news in New Delhi, India on Monday, July 7, 2025.
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