Deletion of words ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ unfortunate: SP
30 Jan 2015 12:24 AM GMT
Taking strong exception to deletion of words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ on an advertisement issued by the Centre that carried a picture of the Preamble to the Constitution, Samajwadi Party on Thursday said that it is “unfortunate” and would give out a wrong message to the world.
“Even thinking of deleting words secular and socialist is saddening and unfortunate. This could not be a mere coincidence that the Centre deleted the words in its ads and its ally Shiv Sena saying that these two words can be permanently dropped from the Preamble. This is an insult of freedom fighters, who had a dream to see India as a socialist country,” SP leader Shivpal Yadav told reporters here.
“Subhash Chandra Bose has advocated for ‘samajwad’ (socialism) in Haripura Convention while Chandrashekhar Azad has constituted Hindustan Republican Socialist Army. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Baba Saheb Ambedkar has also raised voice in favour of ‘samajwad’,” he said. Stating that deleted words would give a “wrong message to the world,” Yadav said that Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and, Ram Manohar Lohia also had faith in ‘samajwad’.
The advertisement issued by Centre had carried a picture of the Preamble to the Constitution as it appeared before the 42nd Amendment, without the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’.
“Even thinking of deleting words secular and socialist is saddening and unfortunate. This could not be a mere coincidence that the Centre deleted the words in its ads and its ally Shiv Sena saying that these two words can be permanently dropped from the Preamble. This is an insult of freedom fighters, who had a dream to see India as a socialist country,” SP leader Shivpal Yadav told reporters here.
“Subhash Chandra Bose has advocated for ‘samajwad’ (socialism) in Haripura Convention while Chandrashekhar Azad has constituted Hindustan Republican Socialist Army. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Baba Saheb Ambedkar has also raised voice in favour of ‘samajwad’,” he said. Stating that deleted words would give a “wrong message to the world,” Yadav said that Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and, Ram Manohar Lohia also had faith in ‘samajwad’.
The advertisement issued by Centre had carried a picture of the Preamble to the Constitution as it appeared before the 42nd Amendment, without the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’.
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