Underlining India’s secular identity, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said it is a matter of pride that the Constitution has completed 75 years of its journey since its adoption on November 26, 1949.
Speaking to media persons after offering puja at a famous Kali temple in Naihati in North 24 Parganas district, the TMC chief said, “We are together, we are united. And we are secular, no one can create any rift and division among us.” “It is a matter of pride that our Constitution has completed 75 years of its journey since its adoption and I congratulate all fellow patriotic Indians,” she said.
The CM also posted on Twitter: “On this Constitution Day, we reaffirm that we are proud of our Constitution.”
“The fundamentals of our Constitution ensure liberty, equality, justice, fraternity, democracy and secularism. We follow these values and I congratulate all our countrymen for upholding these values,” she wrote.
Meanwhile, a resolution to celebrate Constitution Day in the state assembly was opposed by the opposition BJPIt is being claimed that political statements have been made in it targeting the Central Government.
Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay moved the resolution on the occasion of completion of 75 years of the adoption of the Constitution of India.
leader of the opposition in west bengal Assembly member Suvendu Adhikari, while speaking in the discussion on the proposal in the House, said that this proposal cannot be supported.
He claimed that the BJP-led government at the Center was targeted and the resolution contained political arguments “which should have been apolitical for a unanimous vote”, and said these were not acceptable.