Caste politics threatens independence: Dhankhar
The New Indian Express|November 27, 2024
INVOKING Dr BR Ambedkar, the chairman of the Constitution's drafting committee, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that India's Independence "will be put in jeopardy a second time" if parties placed creed above collective wellbeing the country.

Addressing an event at the Central Hall of the old Parliament building to mark the beginning of year-long celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution, the Vice President also cautioned parliamentarians that disturbance as a strategy threatened democratic institutions.

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