Particle.news
Download on the App Store
5 ARTICLES
·
last mo.

Dhankhar Declares Constitutional Preamble Inviolable as RSS Pushes to Revisit 'Socialist' and 'Secular'

The vice president used a parenthood analogy to defend the Preamble’s Emergency-era additions in response to renewed RSS and BJP review proposals.

Image
Image
Image

Overview

  • Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar told law students in Kochi that the Constitution’s Preamble is like parenthood and cannot be altered.
  • His remarks followed RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s June 26 call to remove the words “socialist” and “secular” added during the Emergency.
  • Union ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Jitendra Singh backed a Preamble review, prompting Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge to vow to protect the existing text.
  • Landmark Supreme Court decisions, including a November 2023 ruling, have affirmed the Preamble’s socialist and secular elements as part of the Constitution’s inviolable basic structure.
  • With no formal amendment bill introduced, the debate over the Preamble’s wording is set to shape discussions in parliament’s upcoming monsoon session.