LAUNCHING A FIERCE and no-holds-barred attack on the Congress's Nehru-Gandhi family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said four generations of the family—from India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi-had committed the 'sin' of denigrating and subverting the Constitution. Significantly, he also reiterated his commitment to move towards a secular civil code.
Replying to the two-day debate in Lok Sabha on the 'Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India', Modi said he and his government live by the spirit of the Constitution.
In his nearly two-hourlong address, Modi repeatedly spoke about unity of the country and argued that diversity was India's uniqueness, and should be celebrated.
Targeting the NehruGandhi family, he said its members left no stone unturned to strike fatal blows to the Constitution.
"This family challenged the Constitution at every level," he said, adding that the first blow to the Constitution was carried out by the 'nonelected' Nehru government in 1951 when it amended the Constitution to "curtail freedom of speech and expression".
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