‘Socialist, Secular’ Words Removed from Constitution’s New Copies, claims Adhir Ranjan

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 20th Sept. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, voiced concern over the alleged attack on the constitution by stating that new copies of the Constitution given to politicians on the first day of the new Parliament building did not include the words “socialist secular.”

“The new copies of the Constitution that were given to us today (19th September), the one we held in our hands and entered (the new Parliament building), its Preamble doesn’t have the words ‘socialist secular’,” he said on Tuesday.

He further added, “We know that the words were added after an amendment in 1976, but if someone gives us the Constitution today and it doesn’t have those words, it is a matter of concern.”

He alleged, “Their intention is suspicious. It has been done cleverly. It is a matter of concern for me.”

Chowdhury said, “I tried to raise this issue, but I did not get an opportunity to raise this issue.”

Earlier On the second day of the five-day special session in the Lok Sabha at the new Parliament complex on Tuesday, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that nobody should try to create an unnecessary schism between ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ because the Constitution of India makes no distinction between the two.

“This Constitution is no less than the Gita, Quran, and Bible for us. Article 1 says, “India, that is, Bharat, shall be a Union of States…” It means that there is no difference between India and Bharat. It will be better if nobody tries to unnecessarily create a rift between the two,” he said.

The dispute erupted when the invitation to the G20 dinner was extended in the name of ‘Bharat’ rather than India.

The row began after Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan shared a G20 dinner invitation on X, formerly Twitter, in which Droupadi Murmu was referred to as “President of Bharat.”