KHARGE REJECTS CHARGES, SLAMS BJP AND RSS

"Threats to the Constitution persist. For the sake of future generations, we must preserve and protect it. -Mallikarjun Kharge Lo P in Rajya Sabha

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday countered Nirmala Sitharaman’s allegations against the Congress and said that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel himself wrote a letter to Jawaharlal Nehru, stating that Constitutional amendments are the only solution to pressing problems.

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during the discussion on the ‘Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India,’ Kharge said, “On July 3, 1950, Sardar Patel wrote a letter to Nehru, stating that Constitutional amendments were the only solution to pressing problems. Patel himself said in that letter, “As you say, we have involved ourselves in so many legal and Constitutional difficulties that we do not know how to overcome them. My own feeling is that very soon we shall have to sit down and consider Constitutional Amendment.”

“By distorting facts, even Sardar Patel’s contributions have been disrespected,” he attacked the BJP.

He also mentioned that nobody has the right to criticize the leaders like Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel.