Hegde’s remarks vindicates Congress stand that constitution in danger under BJP rule : Karan Bhagat

Jammu, March 12 :  JKPCC SC Deptt Chairman Karan Bhagat on Tuesday attacked the BJP over Anantkumar Hegde’s remarks about amending the Constitution, saying such a move would cause “upheaval” in the country and BJP should clarify the matter. Addressing a press conference in Party headquarter in Jammu, Bhagat accused the BJP of being against social justice and secularism as enshrined in the Constitution and said though many of its leaders and MPs have made such statements in the past, the Prime Minister has remained silent so far.

Bhagat said that BJP was against social justice and secularism enshrined in the Constitution.”This is not a good mindset, this will create upheaval in the country if you want to change the Constitution,”  he said, hitting out at the BJP. He said, “If social justice is denied to the poor and the oppressed, they will not remain silent.””If the BJP continues to speak with such mindset, the people are watching them, their remarks, views and sentiments and will decide accordingly in 2024 elections,” he said. He said the BJP aims to get a massive mandate only for amending the Constitution according to their needs as their leaders are against social justice to the poor and oppressed classes, and secularism.

Bhagat further said that, “Narendra Modi’s silence on BJP MP’s statement of ‘changing the Constitution’ is dangerous. The electoral contest now is between two ideologies!””Constitution or unconstitutional, social justice or exploitation, secularism or communalism, civil rights or helpless people, freedom of speech or fearful silence, love or hate, diversity or monopoly, just order or dictatorial injustice.”Changing the Constitution, India’s most precious heritage obtained from the struggle for independence, means pushing the country towards slavery. The decision on the future of the coming generations is now in your hands,” Bhagat said. Their attack came after Hegde, at a gathering in Karwar in Karnataka on Saturday, had said the BJP needed a two-thirds majority in both Houses of Parliament to amend the Constitution and “set right the distortions and unnecessary additions made to it by the Congress”.

Bhagat claimed that on one hand Prime Minister Modi states that the Constitution will not be changed and on the other hand, he makes his people say that they need two-thirds majority to amend it.This statement has been made not by any fringe element but a BJP MP, he said.That is why PM Modi says 400-plus seats for the NDA as they want to amend the Constitution, he claimed.

Bhagat also alleged that the BJP has a “forked tongue” with which it conveys two messages — one for public decorum and the other its “Mann Ki Baat”.The BJP believes in imposing duties on citizens, while snatching away their fundamental rights, he said.He said, adding that democracy however is in the veins of Indian society and it will reject these anti-Constitutional forces who look to destroy Dr. Ambedkar’s Constitution.” If the Constitution is amended according to the RSS/BJP agenda, that will be the end of Parliamentary democracy, Federalism, rights of the Minorities, and the English language being one of the two official languages,” Bhagat claimed.

District  Chairman Shamsher Chand Bhagat, Dewan Chand, Surinder Kumar, Pardeep Kumar and Sunil Thappa also spoke in the press conference.