One party tried to 'hijack' framing of Constitution, Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister and Senior BJP Leader Rajnath Singh on Friday said the contribution of several leaders in the making of the Constitution was deliberately ignored and hit out at the Congress, asserting that a particular party always tried to "hijack and appropriate" the framing of the Constitution. The defence minister initiated the debate in the Lok Sabha as the House took up a two-day 'Discussion on the glorious journey of 75 years of the Constitution of India'. Singh said the Constitution was an expression of the general will of the people. "Our Constitution touches upon social, economic, political, cultural life and shows the way for nation building. It is a roadmap to giving India its place in the world stage... It is the outcome of a series of historical events," he said. "We must also remember those who were not part of the the Constituent Assembly but their ideas are part of it and they played an important role. We must remember Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, Veer Savarkar and several other such icons whose ideas strengthened the Constitution," Singh said.

75 साल पहले संविधान सभा ने नव-स्वतंत्र भारत के लिए संविधान बनाने की प्रक्रिया पूरी की थी। लगभग तीन वर्षों की कड़ी बहस और विचार-विमर्श के बाद, हमें अपना संविधान मिला। संविधान सभा द्वारा बनाया गया संविधान सिर्फ एक आधिकारिक दस्तावेज नहीं था बल्कि यह लोगों की इच्छा की अभिव्यक्ति थी। pic.twitter.com/uP1WPz3nCV

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Rajnath Singh said,"There was a state in the country where the Indian Constitution was not applicable and parliamentary laws were also not implemented properly. However, we have implemented the Constitution there as well.".

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देश में एक राज्य ऐसा भी था जहां भारतीय संविधान लागू नहीं होता था और संसदीय कानून भी ठीक से लागू नहीं होते थे. हालाँकि, हमने वहां भी संविधान लागू किया है।' रक्षा मंत्री @rajnathsingh लोकसभा में बोलते हुए।@ombirlakota #Constitution #indianconstitition pic.twitter.com/SOaz6Ckf3L

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He pointed out that the Constitution had talked about religious freedom and it had been specified that the state will not have a religion and will be secular. "This was stated by those who were dubbed communal by the people of the Congress," he said.