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Preamble Not Changeable, Yet Changed During Emergency
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
|June 29, 2025
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday asserted the preamble of a constitution is "not changeable" but was changed in India during the Emergency, which signals a betrayal of the "wisdom" of the framers of the Constitution.
NEW DELHI:
He also said the words inserted in the Preamble in 1976 during the period of Emergency were a "nasoor" (festering wound) and could cause upheaval.
"It is nothing but belittling the civilizational wealth and knowledge of this country for thousands of years. It is a sacrilege of the spirit of Sanatan," the vice president said at a book launch event here.
Dhankhar described the preamble as a "seed" on which a constitution grows. He also underlined that the preamble of no other constitution has undergone change except that of India.
"The Preamble of a constitution is not changeable. But this Preamble was changed by the 42nd Constitution (Amendment) Act of 1976," he said, noting that the words "socialist," "secular," and "integrity" were added.
This story is from the June 29, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Rajasthan.
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