The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) called for reviewing socialist and secular words in the Preamble of the Constitution on Thursday (June 26, 2025) that they were included during the Emergency and were never part of the constitution that BR Ambedkar had prepared.
Addressing an event organized on the Emergency, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosbale said, ‘These words were never in the preamble of the constitution made by Babasaheb Ambedkar. During the Emergency, when fundamental rights were suspended, Parliament was not working, the judiciary was paralyzed, then these words were added.
Duttayetha Hosbole said that the issue was discussed later but no attempt was made to remove them from the preface. Hosbale said, “Therefore, whether they should stay in the preface or not, it should be considered.” Hosbole said, ‘The preamble is eternal. Are the ideas of socialism eternal as an ideology for India? ‘
The senior RSS officer suggested to consider removing both words when he targeted the Congress for excesses of emergency and demanded an apology from the party.
Recalling the Emergency days declared on 25 June 1975, Duttayetha Hosbale said that thousands of people were jailed and tortured during that time, while the freedom of the judiciary and media was also curbed.
The RSS leader said that forcibly sterilization was also done on a large scale during the Emergency days. He said, ‘Those who did such things are roaming with a copy of the Constitution today. They have not apologized yet … they apologize. Attacking the Congress, Hosbale said, “Your ancestors did this … You should apologize to the country for this.”
Addressing the program, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari criticized the Congress for imposing an emergency on behalf of the Indira Gandhi -led government 50 years ago and said that the atrocities committed during the 21 -month emergency in the previous Congress government can never be forgotten.
He said, “To save his chair and suppress the voice of the people, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced the emergency on 25 June 1975 and crushed the spirit of the Constitution.” Nitin Gadkari said that during the Emergency, many amendments were made in the Constitution and the constitution was blown away.
He alleged, ‘Congress leaders campaigned against us (alleged) that we would change the constitution. We neither talked about changing the constitution nor do we have any desire to do so. If someone committed the biggest sin to violate the Constitution, it was a Congress led by Indira Gandhi.