Hate being served under garb of social changes: Kharge hits out at BJP

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP government of using every trick in its textbook to crush and curtail freedoms enshrined in the Constitution reported news agency ANITaking to X the Congress President said that the dissent is being subjugated and criminalised and the institutions are being pushed to the brink of becoming pawns in the grand game of imposing an authoritarian system during the BJP regimeThe Constitution of India is the lifeline of our Democracy As we observe and celebrate the 74th Constitution Day we bow in utmost reverence to its makers for they guaranteed the social economic and political rights of every Indian Today the spirit of our Constitution faces numerous challenges The present regime is using every trick in its textbook to crush and curtail all freedoms enshrined in the Constitution Mallikarjun Kharge saidHis remarks come on Constitution Day which marks the day when India adopted the Constitution in 1949He further alleged that hate is being served under the garb of social changesDissent is being subjugated and criminalised institutions are being pushed to the brink of becoming pawns in the grand game of imposing an authoritarian system hate is being served under the garb of social changes he addedThe Congress chief alleged a systematic and strident attack on the Constitution by BJPRSS and called upon people to stand against politics of division and hateThe systematic and strident attack on the Constitution by BJPRSS is visible in the rampant misuse of every nut and bolt of the government machinery As a nationstate we could soon reach a tipping point where social justice and harmony shall become a casualty and the rights of the weaker sections would be gradually seized It is time to stand up against this politics of division and hate he addedSaying that his party Congress is fighting the battle from the front Kharge said Every citizen should question the attack on our Constitution its ethos and its values Just like our freedom fighters fought the British we are capable of fighting without fear and protecting our DemocracyToday is the day to take inspiration from those inspiring leaders Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Dr Rajendra Prasad K M Munshi Sarojini Naidu Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and several eminent personalities should be remembered not only on this day but every day For we are indebted to their vision and wisdom he further said adding We the People of India shall prevailOn the occasion Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi also hit out at the BJP and said that rest of the 364 days the ruling party participates in shredding the Constitution reported news agency ANIConstitution Day is celebrated for one day PM Modi and the BJP talk about the Constitution For the rest of the 364 days they all participate in shredding the Constitution Be it the fall of the government in Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Karnataka and many other states the way in which power was acquired and the constitutional institutions are being undermined In the last ten years the BJP has centralized power by shredding the Constitution which is unfortunate This is going to end in 2024 she saidWith inputs from ANI