The BJP government will never change the Constitution or end reservation, Defence Minister🤪 Rajnath Singh said, accusing the Congress of creating "fear psychosis" and resortinꦇg to spreading misinformation for "vote bank" politics.
In an interview to PTI, Singh blasted the Congress for spreading "canaꦑrds" that the BJP will change the Constitution if it returns to power and especially asserted that there was no question of changing the Preamble of the Const🌳itution.
His assurance that the Preamble will not be changed addresse♉s concerns among critics that the word 'secular' to describe India could be removed by the BJP.
"The Congress brought constituti𝐆onal amendments 80 times. They changed the Preamble during the🌄 Emergency," the defence minister said.
"The BJP will never chang꧅e the Constitution. Constitution makers never imagined that there would be changes in the Preamble. You (Congress) onl൩y acted to hurt the core idea of the Constitution," he said.
"There is no question of changing the Preamblꦉe of the Constitution. They changed it and now they are making baseless allegations against us,"💞 Singh added.
The Preamble to the Constitution of India presents the principles of the Co♋nstitutioღn
The 42nd Amendment in 1976 changed the description of India from a "sovereign dem꧋ocratic republic" to a "sovereign, socialist secular democratic republic".
"They🌠 (Congress) are trying to get peoples' support by instilling fear among the citiz🍸ens," Singh said.
"I would suggest that they should try to get people's support by creating confidence and not by instilling fear. Electoral ♓campaigns should be based on facts," he said.
O🌜n Friday, Rahul Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and RSS are attacking India's democracy continuously and want to "destroy" the country's Constitution.
"The Congress is creating fear psychosis and resorting to spre🐻ading misinformation for vote bank politics," the senior BJP leader saiꦅd.
On the issue of reservation𝕴 also, he alleged that the Congress is🌱 misleading the nation.
The Congress is trying to mislead people. There will not b꧑e any end 🤡to reservation. They are making false allegations against us," Singh said.
The Congress has also asked the BJP leaders to clear the party's stance on whether it would remove the 50 per cent cap on rese🧜rvation for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, and the Other Backward Classes.
"We will not tinker with the reservaꦿtion at all," Singh said when asked about the Congress🃏' call to clarify on the 50 per cent cap.
