Kharge challenges BJP to amend the Preamble

KHARGE RESPONDED TO RSS LEADER HOSABALE'S DEMAND TO REMOVE 'SOCIALIST' AND 'SECULAR' FROM THE PREAMBLE

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

All India Congress Committee president and member of Parliament (MP) Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday challenged the BJP-led government at the Centre to remove the words “secular” and “socialist” from the Constitution of India, adding that they won't be able to do so.

Addressing the “Samajika Nyaya Samara Bheri” (Battle for achieving social justice) rally of the Congress leaders and workers at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad, Kharge referred to the recent statement of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale demanding removal of the words “socialist” and “secular” from the preamble of the Constitution.

The RSS leader's call was endorsed by vice-president Jagdeep Dhankar and BJP leaders, including Union ministers Jitender Singh and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.