RSS leader pitches for removal of words ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ from Preamble

RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale has called for a review of the inclusion of the terms ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble of the Constitution, while hitting out at the Congress for imposing the Emergency five decades ago.

Addressing an event to mark 50 years of Emergency on Thursday, Hosabale demanded that those responsible for imposing the Emergency apologise to the country. Without naming the Congress directly, he said, “Those who did this are moving around with the Constitution in their hands. They have not apologised to the country for that. They must apologise. If your ancestors did it, apologise on their behalf.” He was addressing a gathering at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre