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BJP-RSS ‘curtailing freedom’: Mallikarjun Kharge on Constitution Day
Kharge also raised concern over colleges and universities being used as a medium to propagate the partisan agenda and shun critical views
Congress president and senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the right-wing Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and called them out for ‘curtailing freedom’. In a statement issued by Kharge, he feared that the ‘Indian Constitution’ which stood its time for 70 years was now facing a ‘fundamental crisis’.
Kharge while lambasting the RSS for promoting its propaganda said, “The government completely has surrendered itself and its institutions to the diktats of the RSS, an organization that pushes hateful propaganda under the garb of social service. In fact, it is no longer incorrect to use the terms RSS and BJP interchangeably.”
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“On the ground, the BJP-RSS cadres’ only alternative to constructive dialogue is violence,” Kharge said, alleging the children are given weapon training in public spaces and institutions.
While remembering father of the Indian Constitution B.R Ambedkar, Kharge anointed that the former would be terming today’s situation as “Lawless law, riddled with never-ending infringements on fundamental rights, systematically engineered by the BJP-RSS government since they have been in power.”
Kharge while mentioning the aforementioned in his statement also slammed Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. Slamming Rijiju, the Congress president said, “Mysterious deaths of judges, their urgent transfer before they were to pronounce judgments or their hounding when they have stood against the government, has gone unnoticed with the people. On top of it, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju lectures the executives and the judiciary by saying not to fight amongst each other.”
Kharge also raised concern over colleges and universities being used as a medium to propagate the partisan agenda and shun critical views. “History books are being rewritten to suit and perpetuate the BJP’s hateful agenda. There is moral surveillance in all public arenas. Privacy is being banished”, Kharge alleged.
“Attacks against SC/STs, the poor, and OBCs are being celebrated. Women are being blamed for atrocities inflicted on them and criminals close to the ruling party are being shielded,” claimed Kharge.
This year’s Constitution Day is themed “Bharat: Loktantra Ki Janani (India: The Mother Of Democracy).”
India marks November 26 as Constitution Day as the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution on November 26, 1949, and it has been officially observed since 2015.
The day is celebrated by paying respect to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who headed the Constitution’s drafting committee.
