Targeting the Congress, the Vice-President said the Preamble was altered at a time when “the best of our people were languishing in jails,” and the public had been stripped of their basic rights. “We changed something which is not changeable, alterable—something that emanates from ‘We the People’—and then, you change it during the Emergency. When ‘We the People’ were bleeding—in heart, in soul—they were in darkness,” he said.Calling the amendments a betrayal of India’s civilisational values, he added, “These words will create upheaval. The addition of these words in the Preamble during the Emergency signals a betrayal of the mindset of the framers of the Constitution. It is nothing but belittling the civilisational wealth and knowledge of this country for thousands of years. It is sacrilege to the spirit of Sanatana.”Citing judicial observations, Dhankhar said the Preamble is not merely a preface but an essential part of the Constitution. “A very serious work, which cannot be altered, has been casually, farcically, and with no sense of propriety, changed,” he said.
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