Congress replies: Modi govt murdered Constitution every day in last 10 yrs

RJD’s Manoj Jha suggested the BJP Government first declare January 30 — the day Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated — as “Gandhi Hatya Diwas”.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav reminded that on January 30 this year “BJP had rigged the mayoral elections in Chandigarh” and that the day should be marked as “Loktantra (democracy) Hatya Diwas”.

Targeting the PM, Kharge wrote: “You (Modi) have snatched away the self-respect of every poor and deprived section of the country every moment… When a BJP leader urinates on tribals in Madhya Pradesh, or when the police forcibly cremates the Dalit daughter of Hathras in UP… what is it if not murder of the Constitution? When every 15 minutes a major crime against Dalits takes place and every day 6 Dalit women are raped… When Manipur is in the grip of violence for the last 13 months and you do not even want to set foot there… what is it if not murder of the Constitution?” he wrote.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha Priyanka Chaturvedi said: “Someone should tell Home Minister that Emergency was applied on the basis of a constitutional availability of the clause to declare Emergency… It can be excesses of Emergency and undermining authority to declare it, yes…but it definitely cannot be the death of constitutionality!”