He said these words were included in the Preamble of the Constitution by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi when the country was under Emergency rule, and these have no place in the Indian civilisation. Sarma said that the words ‘socialism’ and ‘secularism’ were not part of the original Preamble and were inserted through the 42nd amendment to the Constitution during the Emergency period under former PM Indira Gandhi. Sarma said that the time is ripe to discuss the ‘damage’ caused by the Emergency to the nation, and start “erasing the Emergency legacy, just as colonial legacies are being erased”.
Author: The Hills Times
Published at: 2025-06-28 22:30:00
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