Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi Saturday said the Constitution is “under siege” as the ruling BJP is using its power to dismantle the very framework it long opposed. She accused the BJP-RSS of plotting “an ideological coup” to replace “our democratic republic with a theocratic corporate state serving the powerful few”.
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In her special message read out by former Union minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid at the party’s national legal conclave on ‘Constitutional Challenges — Perspectives and Pathways’, Sonia said the Congress will oppose all attempts to undermine the Constitution in Parliament, in courts and on the streets.
She said the Congress’s efforts were aimed at “expanding rights, strengthening institutions and upholding dignity and inclusion”.
“Their (BJP-RSS) ideological forebears glorified Manusmriti, rejected the Tricolour, and envisioned a Hindu Rashtra where democracy is hollow… eroded institutions, criminalised dissent, targeted minorities and betrayed Dalits, Adivasis, OBCs…,” she said. “Now they seek to erase socialism and secularism, pillars of Ambedkar’s vision of equal citizenship. This is… an ideological coup replacing our democratic republic with a theocratic corporate state serving the powerful few.”
The Constitution of India, the message stated, “is more than a legal charter”; it is the moral foundation of our democracy, built on justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity “shaped through the sacrifices and vision of the INC”.
“This is not just political, it is our ideological commitment to defend every Indian’s dignity. I commend (Senior Advocate and Congress leader) Abhishek Manu Singhvi and his team for reigniting this vital conversation…,” Sonia said in her message.
