Union Home Minister Amit Shah Criticizes Congress For Constitutional Amendments To Curb Free Speech

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday ended the dispute on the Constitution in the Rajya Sabha by releasing a pungent assault on the Congress for modifying it on and off to“curtail the freedom of expression” He likewise took a veiled dig at its leader Rahul Gandhi stating, “It has a 54-year-old leader who calls himself `yuva” and that maintains wandering with the Constitution in his pocket and declaring that we would certainly alter the law publication.

I wish to inform him that the arrangement to change the Constitution is within the Constitution.” Shah likewise charged Gandhi and various other Congress leaders of bring a “blank Constitution”– a concern which was increased by the BJP throughout the current Assembly political elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand– and claimed,“The Congress lost the election when people found they were carrying fake copies of the Constitution”

Union Home Minister Amit Shah On The Constitution Of India

The BJP leader claimed the Constitution was embraced adhering to an autonomous procedure however was after that misshaped by the event. While Article 368 includes the arrangement to help with changes to the Constitution, “the Congress in its 55-year rule had made 77 changes.” He claimed the initial Constitutional Amendment Act was presented in 1951 by theCongress “After the framing of the Constitution, Congress did not have patience to wait for the Lok Sabha elections and Article 19A was added to curtail the freedom of speech.”

The Nehru-Gandhi family members, he claimed, continuously modified the Constitution to offer its ends. “The 24th Amendment was brought by his daughter Indira Gandhi. On November 24, 1971, the Parliament was given the right to dilute the fundamental rights of the citizens,” Shah included.

On the various other hand, he claimed, the BJP federal government utilized the constitutional arrangements efficiently to encourage individuals. “We brought in a new education policy, which was not opposed even by the Communist parties. We also brought three criminal justice laws that `Indianised’ the criminal justice system. If anyone worked to free the country from a mindset of slavery, it is Prime Minister Modi.”

Union Home Minister Lauds The Conduct Of The Debate

Shah likewise admired the conduct of the dispute to note the 75th wedding anniversary of the fostering of the Constitution as “an educational one for future generations and the people of the country” and one which showed “which party honoured the Constitution and which party did not”.