We owe it to freedom movement to protect ideals of democracy, secularism

The BJP-RSS combine wants to impose an undemocratic, monolithic, illiberal socio-political order. In this challenging period it is the responsibility of all citizens of the country to come together to protect the values we have inherited from the freedom struggle, and the Constitution.

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Unfortunately, this dynamic and lively document, the supreme law of our land and its principles, is under attack from majoritarian, patriarchal and fascistic tendencies of the BJP-RSS combine.

The Constitution of India, whose chief architect was Babasaheb Ambedkar, was adopted on November 26, 1949. It was not conceived merely as a document of codified laws and regulations but was an embodiment of the values inherited from our freedom struggle. The leaders of many streams of our struggle for national liberation deliberated for nearly three years to draw a roadmap for the objectives and governance structure of India. This gave our Constitution an inclusive orientation, which could cater to the country’s cultural, spatial and social diversity. The ideas of republicanism, rule of law, democracy and secularism formed the bedrock of the independent nation state.