"Constitution was in danger during Congress' tenure," says Goa CM Pramod Sawant
Jun 24, 2024
New Delhi [India], June 24 : Amid the Congress' allegations that the BJP government at the Centre is attacking the Constitution and raising questions about its safety, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant took a dig at the party on Monday and said that the Constitution was in danger during the tenure of the Congress.
Speaking with ANI, Sawant said, "If the Constitution was really in danger, it was during the time of Congress. In the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are witnessing 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas.'"
He added further, "During the emergency, the Constitution was in danger and that is why, we are observing Black Day tomorrow."
Notably, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were "attacking" the Constitution and said that such attacks are not acceptable by the Opposition INDIA bloc.
Opposition leaders, including Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, staged a protest in Parliament premises holding copies of the Constitution in their hands.
"The attack that the PM and Amit Shah are launching on the Constitution is not acceptable to us, we will not let this happen. So, we held the Constitution while taking the oath... Our message is going across, no power can touch the Constitution of India," Rahul Gandhi told reporters ahead of the beginning of the 18th Lok Sabha session today.
Meanwhile, PM Narendra Modi while addressing media persons ahead of the commencement of the Parliament Session took an indirect jab at the Congress over the Emergency imposed in 1975, calling it a "blot" on democracy "when the Constitution was discarded".
"Tomorrow is 25th June. 25th June marks 50 years of the blot that was put on the democracy of India. The new generation of India will never forget that the Constitution of India was completely rejected, every part of the Constitution was torn to pieces, the country was turned into a prison, and democracy was completely suppressed," he said.
"While protecting our Constitution, while protecting the democracy of India and the democratic traditions, the countrymen will take a resolution that no one will dare to do such a thing in India again, which was done 50 years ago. We will take a resolution of a vibrant democracy. We will take a resolution to fulfil the dreams of the common people as per the directions of the Constitution of India," PM Modi said.
