Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
New Delhi:
Taking a swipe at Leader of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Amit Shah has mentioned {that a} “54-year-old masquerading as a younger chief” alleges that makes an attempt are being made to change the Constitution with out realising that provisions to take action are constructed into the doc.
Mr Shah, who was talking within the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday throughout a debate to commemorate 75 years of the Constitution, was referring to Rahul Gandhi and the Congress’ allegations that the BJP needs to amend the doc and dilute its character – a transfer that paid dividends for the celebration and the opposition INDIA bloc through the Lok Sabha elections.
“Our Constitution has by no means been thought-about immutable. Article 368 has a provision to amend the Constitution. A 54-year-old chief, who calls himself ‘yuva’ (youth), retains roaming round with the Constitution, claiming that we might change it. I wish to say that the availability to amend the Constitution is in-built,” Mr Shah mentioned.
He identified that the Congress has made way more adjustments to the Constitution than the BJP has.
“The Congress dominated for 55 years and made 77 adjustments to the Constitution. The BJP has dominated for 16 years and made 22 adjustments. But what was the outcome? What was the purpose of creating the adjustments? Was it to strengthen democracy or keep in energy?” he requested, in an obvious reference to Indira Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi, who’s the MP from Raebareli, has been carrying a duplicate of the Constitution with him to numerous occasions since earlier than the Lok Sabha elections. He additionally took oath as a Member of Parliament on the foundational doc.
Mr Shah mentioned, nonetheless, that the copy of the Constitution carried by Mr Gandhi had been uncovered as “faux” and “clean”.
“The clean copy of the Constitution is the most important fraud ever,” he mentioned, and termed the claims of “Constitution at risk” a political gimmick.
The Union Minister alleged that the Congress handled the Constitution because the “personal fiefdom” of 1 household and “performed fraud” with Parliament.
“In the final 75 years, the Congress performed fraud within the identify of the Constitution… They (Nehru-Gandhi household) thought-about not simply the celebration as their personal property, but in addition handled the Constitution as their ‘personal fiefdom’,” he mentioned, referring to the insertion of Article 35A with out parliamentary assent.