CM Yogi: Adding 'secular', 'socialist' to Constitution was a blow to India's soul

'Congress should apologise to Dalits, underprivileged and all citizens for Emergency'

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said inclusion of the words "secular" and "socialist" in the Preamble to the Constitution during the Emergency was "a brutal assault on the soul of India".

He said the Congress should apologise to Dalits, the marginalised, and the people of India for suppressing voices that BR Ambedkar had empowered through the Constitution.

"The Congress should apologise to Dalits, underprivileged people, and all citizens for the Emergency. The party had silenced the voices of those whom Babasaheb Ambedkar had empowered through his writings," he said after inaugurating a seminar titled 'The Dark Chapter of Indian Democracy' at Lok Bhavan, marking 50 years since the declaration of Emergency.