In his election rallies in Bihar and West Bengal on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out on the opposition for launching a smear marketing campaign in opposition to him on the difficulty of the Constitution. The opposition leaders have been telling voters that Modi would change the Constitution and finish reservations for Dalits, OBCs and Adivasis. In his Gaya rally, Modi stated, “Congress and its partners are resorting to lies in the name of Constitution just to abuse me. NDA respects the Constitution. Not only BJP, but even Babasaheb Ambedkar cannot change the Constitution”.
Modi named the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and stated, Kharge had opposed the celebration of Constitution Day in Parliament by saying that the nation already celebrates Republic Day. Modi stated, the opposition is “playing politics with the Constitution, but for us, Constitution is a matter of faith, and this election will ensure that those who are against the Constitution will be punished”. In his Purnea rally, Modi tried to hyperlink the Constitution problem with Sanatan Dharma. He stated, “Those who abuse Sanatan Dharma should listen carefully…80 to 90 per cent of the members in the Constituent Assembly who made the Constitution were Sanatanis, and those Sanatani members supported Babasaheb Ambedkar in the drafting of a great Constitution.”
Modi stated, the Constitution is the ‘raksha kavach’ (protecting armour) for the rights of backward castes, Dalits and Adivasis, and it’s the guiding drive for our nation’s progress. He stated, it was the Congress which tinkered with the Constitution when it was in energy, and BJP would by no means do such a factor. The Prime Minister alleged that those that have change into annoyed after realizing that they’d lose on this election, are actually making an attempt to unfold misinformation. “They are misguiding the voters as part of a conspiracy to strike fear in the minds of people”, the PM stated. Modi stated, “The very people who are now crying hoarse about protecting the Constitution are the ones who insulted Babasaheb Ambedkar when he was alive. “The Congress even suspended the Constitution when it proclaimed Emergency in 1975”, he stated.
Modi raised the Constitution problem as a result of opposition leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav and Asaduddin Owaisi have been harping on this problem of their conferences. Owaisi alleged in a rally in Aurangabad that Modi is talking about 4 castes solely as a result of he needs to abolish reservation clauses within the Constitution. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Samajwadi Party chief Ramgopal Yadav additionally alleged that Modi is aiming at successful 400 seats solely as a result of he needs to alter the Constitution. Congress chief Ashok Gehlot stated, it doesn’t matter what assure Modi could give about not altering the Constitution, persons are not going to belief him.
RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav countered by difficult Modi to take motion in opposition to these BJP leaders who’ve been overtly saying that the Constitution will probably be modified if BJP wins 400 seats. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera alleged that if BJP received the elections this time, democracy would come to an finish and India would change into Russia. Khera alleged BJP would change the Constitution, curtail freedom of speech and throw opposition leaders in jail. I’ve named all these opposition leaders as a result of they’re talking in the identical tone. This appears to be a part of a sustained marketing campaign. It is due to this that Modi instructed in his election rallies that the Constitution is supreme, he has full religion in democracy, and there’s no intention to place an finish to it. Merely Modi saying this is not going to finish this smear marketing campaign. Opposition leaders know that the individuals of our nation tremendously worth democracy and freedom of speech.
In 1975, Indira Gandhi had clamped the Emergency and had throttled democracy by throwing all opposition leaders in jail. The individuals of the nation confirmed her and her occasion the door within the 1977 basic elections. No chief can have the braveness to repeat the identical act now. As far as Modi is worried, the current democratic electoral system fits him positive. He was elected thrice as chief minister of Gujarat, and he received the Lok Sabha elections twice with a transparent majority. His third time period is sort of sure. Then the place is the necessity for change within the Constitution? The individuals who will desire a change within the Constitution are those that are repeatedly being defeated within the present democratic setup. Only these individuals will search change, whose probabilities of successful have been eradicated by Modi. There is a Hindi proverb: “Ulta Chor Kotwal Ko Daante”. That is why, these leaders aren’t solely making an attempt to create a scare in regards to the Constitution however are additionally questioning the EVM technique of polling and counting of votes.
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