Congress Targets RSS Over Call to Review Preamble Words, Says Their Thinking is Anti-Constitution

Hosabale had called for a review of the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Constitution’s Preamble. The Congress stated that it would never allow the "conspiracy" of the BJP-RSS to succeed and would oppose any such move.

In a post on X, Congress said, "The thinking of RSS-BJP is anti-constitutional. Now, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale has demanded changes to the Preamble of the Constitution."

The opposition party claimed that Hosabale wants the words "socialist" and "secular" removed from the Preamble. Congress stated, "This is a conspiracy to destroy Baba Saheb’s Constitution, which the RSS-BJP has been plotting for a long time."

Congress further alleged that when the Constitution was enacted, the RSS had opposed it and burned its copies.

On Thursday, the RSS, while calling for a review of the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble, stated that these words were added during the Emergency and were never part of the Constitution drafted by B.R. Ambedkar.

Addressing an event on the Emergency, Hosabale said, "The Constitution drafted by Baba Saheb Ambedkar never had these words in its Preamble. During the Emergency, when fundamental rights were suspended, Parliament was not functioning, and the judiciary was crippled, these words were added."

He noted that while discussions on this issue took place later, no effort was made to remove them from the Preamble. Hosabale added, "Therefore, it should be considered whether they should remain in the Preamble or not."