Union Minister Lalan Singh Says Constitution is Safe Amid Opposition Protests
New Delhi, India – Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan, also known as Lalan Singh, has dismissed claims by opposition parties that India’s constitution is in danger. He stated that constitutional bodies are functioning independently and are not under government control.
Singh, who took the oath as a Member of Parliament on Monday, said, “How is the Constitution in danger? The Constitution is not in danger. It is not being changed. If their thinking is that the action being taken by the constitutional bodies should be stopped by government intervention, and if it’s not been done, then they say the constitution is in danger. It’s not under the government; constitutional bodies are doing their work. You reap what you sow,” he added.
His comments came after opposition leaders from the INDIA bloc protested in Parliament over the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem speaker during the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also criticized the opposition, recalling the 21-month emergency period that began on June 25, 1975. He said, “Tomorrow is 25th June. 25th June marks 50 years since the blot that was put on the democracy of India. The new generation of India will never forget that the Constitution of India was completely rejected, every part of the Constitution was torn to pieces, the country was turned into a prison, and democracy was completely suppressed.”
Former Chief Minister and BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai echoed the Prime Minister’s sentiments, stating, “Certainly, it’s a black mark in the annals of democracy in this country…They had really twisted and turned the Constitution. Now, the Congress leaders are holding the Constitution in their hands. It was the very Constitution that they murdered. They are holding the piece of the Constitution that they murdered on June 25, 1975…They (Congress) reminded the people that these are the people who murdered democracy…They don’t have the right to talk about democracy and the Constitution of the country.”
