RSS seeks to drop ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ from preamble of Constitution, calls them Congress-era insertions

New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) The RSS on Thursday called for reviewing the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the preamble of the Constitution, saying these were included during Emergency and were never part of the Constitution drafted by B R Ambedkar.

Addressing an event on 50 years of Emergency here, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabole said, “Babasaheb Ambedkar never used these words in the preamble of the Constitution. The words were added during Emergency, when fundamental rights were suspended, Parliament did not function, and the judiciary became lame." He said discussions were held on this issue later but no effort was made to remove the two words from the preamble.

"So whether they should remain in the preamble should be considered,” Hosabole said.

"The Preamble is eternal. Are the thoughts of socialism as an ideology eternal for India," he asked.