US EditionRSS Demands Congress Apology for Emergency Era Missteps
- On June 25, 1975, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed a nationwide Emergency in India that continued for nearly 21 months, during which civil rights were suspended and the media faced strict censorship.
- During the Emergency, the government forcefully sterilised over 60 lakh people and arrested more than one lakh individuals, including journalists and political opponents.
- At a 50th anniversary event in New Delhi, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale called for Congress to apologise for the Emergency's 'draconian act' and for inserting 'socialist' and 'secular' into the Constitution's Preamble.
- Hosabale remarked that individuals responsible for past actions are now carrying copies of the Constitution and emphasized that they owe the nation an apology, while also questioning whether socialism should remain a permanent ideology in India.
- The call to review the Emergency's constitutional changes and demand an apology implies a continued political debate over the Preamble's content and historical accountability.
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Why 'Socialist' and 'Secular' were added to the Preamble: History, context and controversy
The recent remarks by RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale have reopened a decades-old political and constitutional debate: Should the words 'Socialist' and 'Secular' remain in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution? At an event marking 50 years of the Emergency, Hosabale questioned whether these terms were compatible with the original spirit of the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar. The backdrop to this debate is not new. It cuts to the…
Review terms 'Socialist', 'Secular' in Constitution's preamble: RSS
New Delhi: The RSS on Thursday called for reviewing the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the preamble of the Constitution, saying they were included during the Emergency and were never part of the Constitution drafted by B R Ambedkar. Addressing an event here organised on the Emergency, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said, “The preamble of the Constitution Baba Saheb Ambedkar made never had these words. During the Emergency, when fu…
'Anti-constitutional': Cong Slams RSS over Call to Review Terms 'Socialist', 'Secular' in Constitution's Preamble
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. 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. India News | 'Anti-constitutional': Cong Slams RSS over Call to Review Terms 'Socialist', 'Secular' in Constitution's Preamble.
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