Socialist

News

SOCIALIST NEWS

Socialist, socialism, B R Ambedkar, secularism, Secular, preamble, constitution, K T Shah, Indian express news, current affairs

Why B R Ambedkar opposed the move to add ‘socialist’ to Constitution, was silent on 'secular'

December 06, 2025 6:10 am

Constituent Assembly member K T Shah moved the amendment to add the two words to Article 1. However, Dr Ambedkar, who passed away on December 6, 1956, found it “superfluous”.

Sachchidanand Sinha's death has snapped the last living link of the Lohia stream of socialism

November 24, 2025 12:20 pm

A multilingual intellectual and principled activist, Sinha journeyed from mill worker to editor of Mankind, shaping debates on democracy, imperialism, and social justice

secular There may be some discussions, but ‘govt hasn’t initiated any legal process to remove the words’, says Meghwal; cites an SC order dismissing pleas in this regard

No current plan to remove ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ from Preamble: Law Minister

July 25, 2025 9:19 am

The minister’s statement comes a month after RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said at an event that a discussion was merited on the words “socialist” and “secular”, which were added to the Preamble during the Emergency.

Zohran Mamdani was born into privilege. Can he really speak for the working class?

July 01, 2025 12:14 pm

Many progressive leaders come from families with social capital, and that doesn’t make their work meaningless. But what it does require is transparency, and a willingness to confront how that access has shaped their political journey

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari (right) with RSS Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale in New Delhi.

RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale questions ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ in Preamble: Why the words were inserted in 1976

June 27, 2025 2:42 pm

Multiple legal challenges have been filed over the years against the inclusion of the words. Just last year, the Supreme Court upheld them in a verdict. Here is why.

Debate over eating meat gets heated in Spanish politics

July 09, 2021 10:32 am

Since coming to power in early 2020, Pedro Snchez's center-left Socialists and the ministers representing the coalition's junior partner, the far-left United We Can, have clashed over how to respond to issues like transgender rights, spiraling rent prices, tax hikes and social benefits for the most vulnerable Spaniards.