By omitting "secular" and "socialist", BJP going against Vajpayee
Let's condemn this strongly: BJP Govt's Republic Day advertisements omit “secular” and “socialist” from the Preamble to the Constitution. 1
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015If BJP Govt wants to remove "secular" & "socialist" from the Preamble, let it dare to introduce a Constitutional amendment to this effect. 2
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015"Secular" & "Socialist" in the Preamble form the Basic Structure of the Constitution. BJP government CANNOT omit them even if it wants to. 3
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015Parliament annulled many Emergency-era anti-democratic amendments to Constitution after 1977. But it retained "Secular" and "Socialist". 4
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015With RSS leaders talking about making India a 'Hindu Rashtra', PM #Modi must reassure nation that he remains committed to "secularism". 5
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015Constitution's preambular principle of "Socialism" mandates us to build an egalitarian and equitable India. No government can junk it. 6
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015Why are BJP supporters so ignorant? Party's own Constitution (last amended Sept 2012) says it's committed to "Secularism" and "Socialism". 7
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015If Secularism & Socialism fill BJP supporters' nostrils with bad odour, let them demand removal of these words from Party's Constitution. 8
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015BJP founder-president BharatRatna #Vajpayee wanted Secularism & Socialism to be in party's Constitution. Their removal means disowning ABV 9
— Sudheendra Kulkarni (@SudheenKulkarni) January 28, 2015