'Sheer hypocrisy': Congress attacks PM Modi on Constitution Day

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hypocrisy the Congress on Saturday alleged that the ideological fountainheads of the BJP had nothing to do in the making of the Constitution and he decided to mark November 26 as Constitution Day as he desperately wanted to show respect to the documentThe Opposition partys attack came hours after Prime Minister Modi addressed Constitution Day celebrations at the Supreme CourtThe draft Constitution was adopted by Constituent Assembly on 26111949 Constituent Assembly decided it would come into force from 26011950 which is since celebrated as Republic Day Congress general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh said in a tweetIdeological fountainheads of BJP had nothing whatsoever to do in making the Constitution he said in a series of tweetsIn fact the RSS was opposed to the Constitution of India Desperately wanting to show that he respects the Constitution while he subverts it daily in letter and spirit the prime minister decided to celebrate November 26 as Constitution Day This is sheer hypocrisy Ramesh saidAlso Read Bouncer killed in celebratory firing in function accused BJP worker heldBabasaheb Ambedkar made one of the greatest speeches of the twentieth century on November 25 1949 while piloting the final draft of the Constitution Ramesh saidIts a speech worth reading over and over again I wish to remind the prime minister and his drum beaters of just two paras from that speech the Congress leader said sharing screen shots of portions from the speechThe task of the drafting committee would have been a very difficult one if this Constituent Assembly has been merely a motley crowd a tessellated pavement without cement a black stone here and a white stone there is which each member or each group was a law unto itself There would have been nothing but chaos Ambedkar had saidThis possibility of chaos was reduced to nil by the existence of the Congress Party inside the Assembly which brought into its proceedings a sense of order and discipline he had saidIt is because of the discipline of the Congress Party that the Drafting Committee was able to pilot the Constitution in the Assembly with the sure knowledge as to the fate of each article and each amendment The Congress Party is therefore entitled to all the credit for the smooth sailing of the Draft Constitution in the Assembly Ambedkar had saidRamesh shared another paragraph from the speech in which Ambedkar had said Heroworship bhakti in politics a sure road to dictatorshipCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the Constitution is a means of living and its spirit remains the same always while party leader Rahul Gandhi asserted he will walk on the road to unity till every word of it is upheldNovember 26 is observed as Constitution Day since 2015 Earlier the day was observed as Law DayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever