Preamble

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma urged the Centre to remove "Secular" and "Socialist" from the Constitution’s Preamble, calling them Emergency-era impositions. He also questioned Indira Gandhi’s role in the 1971 Bangladesh war, citing its long-term impact on Assam.

Socialist, secular and integrity were inserted into the Preamble during the emergency through the 42nd Amendment.

Ambedkar opposed adding 'socialist' and 'secular' to the preamble, favouring a flexible Constitution over fixed ideologies, contrasting with Indira Gandhi’s politically motivated amendments.

In previous hearing, Vishnu Jain had argued that the Preamble of Constitution of India comes with a specific date, therefore it cannot be amended without discussion.

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the petition filed by BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy seeking to delete the words ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.

Chowdhury said that he wanted to raise the issue in the Parliament but did not get the chance to do so

Congress govt in Karnataka decided to make it mandatory for schools and colleges to read the Preamble to the Constitution every day.

In a bid to oppose speculations of India being named as Bharat, Congress shared a copy of Preamble that was rife with spelling errors.