Constitution Day is purely symbolic, says Oppn, launches attack on BJP for ‘attack on secularism’ | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP came under fire after ‘attack on secularism“, of opposition parties in Lok Sabha accused them of spreading fear among minorities through attacks on communities and their religious places. They asked the Prime Minister not to be a prisoner of his ‘party agenda’ of division and hatred.
While Congress MP Sukhjinder Randhawa criticized the government for ‘lack of attention’ to Pakistan’s proxy war in Punjab, and for stopping protesting farmers from coming to Delhi, DMK MP TR Baalu ​​hit out at the government over the speech of the president to parliament, skipping the mention of ‘secularism’. and socialism,” which is the “heart and soul” of the Constitution.
Baalu ​​​​said the situation for minorities and the poor is grimmer than in the past, and they feel left out. Mentioning the Gujarat riots and lynching incidents, he said the President’s troubling background necessitated mentioning “secularism and socialism” in her speech but the omission showed that “the government is allergic” to the two principles. “So Constitution Day is purely symbolic,” he said.
TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee demanded a reassessment Article 361which bans criminal cases against governors, alleging that the morals of appointed Raj Bhavans are in question but states are unable to act against their “violation of morals”, in what appeared to be an allusion to the Bengal governor being on edge footing with Mamata Banerjee government. The TMC MP said the country’s secular fabric has been at stake over the past decade because of the BJP’s “very communal concept and very aggressive form of Hinduism” while the Center has abolished fundamental rights.