President Kovind, PM Modi to address gathering on Constitution Day event at Parliament
71st Constitution Day of India: Prime Minister Modi will be attending two separate programmes in the national capital – one at 11am in the Central Hall of the Parliament and the other at 5:30pm in the Vigyan Bhawan
As part of the Constitution Day celebrations on Friday, President Ram Nath Kovind will lead the celebration with Preamble reading in the Central Hall of Parliament where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a distinguished gathering.
President Kovind will address the nation in a speech, following which people will join him live in a reading session of the Preamble of the Constitution.
According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), President Kovind will then release a digital version of the Constituent Assembly Debates at the Central Hall of the Parliament House. The document is an online version of a calligraphed copy of the Constitution as well as an updated version of the document laying down the framework of the fundamental political code of the country, which will include all amendments to date.
PM Modi will also inaugurate the two-day Constitution Day celebrations in New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan and participate in related programmes.
According to an official release issued by the ministry of parliamentary affairs, the programme organised in Parliament will also be addressed by vice president M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla.
The central government is celebrating Constitution Day as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav – signifying the passage of 75 years since the country gained independence from British colonial rule.
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The observation of Constitution Day on November 26 started in 2015, with an aim to give due recognition to the significance of this historic date. This year, too, the nation is celebrating Constitution Day to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.
The roots of this celebration, according to the ANI news agency, can be traced back to the “Samvidhan Gaurav Yatra” in 2010 organised by PM Modi, who was then the chief minister of Gujarat.
The Constitution of India, the longest written constitution of any country, is considered the supreme law of the nation and demarcates the structure, framework, powers, and duties of government institutions, and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and duties of citizens.