No bid to change Constitution: PM Modi
A day ahead of Ram Navami, in his public meetings in West Bengal on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the ruling Trinamool Congress government of stopping people from celebrating the festival.
In his public rallies in Bihar, Modi said he was indebted to B R Ambedkar’s Constitution that enabled a person from humble origins like him to become the country’s Prime Minister.
The PM’s comments on the Constitution come in the wake of the Opposition’s attack on him on the issue.
The Opposition has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of intending to change the Constitution if it were to get an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha polls.
Addressing public meetings in Kerala’s Kozhikode and Wayanad, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the principal issue in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP are trying to change and destroy the Constitution.
“The Constitution gives equal rights to everyone irrespective of their language, religion, region or gender, and this is what the BJP and RSS are allegedly trying to destroy,” he said.
On the electoral bonds scheme, Gandhi said the bonds were a form of extortion carried out by the PM.
In his public meetings in Bihar’s Gaya and Purnea, the PM spoke at length about the high esteem in which he held the Constitution. “Our intent is to reach out to every nook and cranny of the country where youngsters will be told how our glorious Constitution was drafted and what its significance is,” the PM said.