As many as 14 opposition parties in India, including the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have boycotted the event at Parliament to celebrate Constitution Day on Friday.
Congress, the Left, TMC, RJD, Shiv Sena, NCP, SP, IUML and DMK are boycotting the Constitution Day function being held in the Central Hall of Parliament on Friday.
The Congress took the boycott decision at its parliamentary strategy group meeting on November 25.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore told NDTV, “This government – led by the BJP – does not respect the Constitution. They don’t govern as per the Constitution. This is a PR event that they started in 2019.”
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Meanwhile, the BJP has hit back at the opposition for boycotting the event at Parliament to celebrate Constitution Day.
“14 Opposition parties boycotting the Constitution Day celebrations in Parliament is disrespect to the Constitution of India. This proves that Congress can only respect leaders from the Nehru family and no other leader including BR Ambedkar,” union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said.
Meanwhile, Constitution Day is being celebrated at the Central Hall of the Parliament.
President Ram Nath Kovind, vice president M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and others are taking part in the event.
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PM Narendra Modi while addressing the Parliament said, “Constitution Day is the day to salute this House, where many of India’s leaders brainstormed to give us the Constitution of India. We also pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and all those who fought during India’s independence struggle.”
“The Constitution of India is like a modern version of ‘The Gita’ for us that motivates us to work for the nation. If each one of us commits to working for the country, then we can build ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’,” Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said.
