Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the members of the Constitution Assembly studied different Constitutions across the globe. While speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Shah, also a senior BJP leader said, "I want to thank the Chairman for allowing me to participate in this important debate."
"After a long freedom struggle, we attained independence. After 75 years since we adopted the Constitution... I want to thank Sardar Patel, because of him, the country is unity."
Shah further said, "Change is the truth of life and this was accepted by the Constitution Assembly. Some leaders have come and at the age of 54 call them youth."
"The BJP ruled for 16 years - six years by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and 10 years by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress changed the Constitution 77 times. BJP also changed the Constitution. What was the difference between the two parties," Shah said.
Shah said he would take major four Constitutional changes by both Congress and BJP. "The first Constitutional amendment was brought for Jawaharlal Nehru. On November 5, 1971, the 24th Amendment and the Parliament were given rights to curb the rights of citizens," Shah added. He said that the 39th Constitutional Amendment crossed all the limits. "The election of Indira Gandhi was declared unconstitutional by Allahabad High Court," Shah recalled.
Shah also took a dig at the Opposition for their loss in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls.
"Our Prime Minister says he is a Pradhan Sevak and someone says no fingers can be pointed out at the ruler," Shah said as he lashed out at former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Shah said that the BJP government brought laws to end Triple Talaq. "We do not indulge in vote bank politics. By ending triple talaq, we helped Muslim women," Shah said.
He also said by spreading lies and flying the Constitution, Congress garnered voters in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. "In Lok Sabha, people did not know. In Maharashtra, they distributed copies of the Constitution and one journalist found that it was empty. People understood that they carried false Constitution and people taught them a lesson," Shah said.
Shah also recalled the dark days of Emergency. "We respect the Constitution. The Prime Minister proposed the idea of Constitution Day, to which a Congress leader asked what is the need, we already have January 26," Shah said.
Shah also narrated a poem by Dushyant Kumar about the Emergency, which was imposed in 1975. Shah listed out the achievements of the Narendra Modi government.
"I will state how Congress is anti-reservation," Shah said referring to the Kakasaheb Kalelkar Commission report. "In 1980, the Mandal Commission report came and it was implemented 10 years after when Congress lost power. Rajiv Gandhi made the biggest speech in the Lok Sabha, which was against giving reservations to OBC," Shah said.
