4 Constitutional Amendments For Private Positive factors Vs 4 For Public Welfare: Amit Shah Tears into Congress – News18
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Amit Shah mentioned that BJP dominated India for complete of 16 years (6 years throughout Atal Bihari Vajpayee and 10 years beneath PM Modi) and introduced 22 amendments to Structure whereas Congress in a interval of 55 years effected 77 amendments.
Parliament Structure Debate: Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha (Photograph: Sansad TV)
Parliament Structure Debate: Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah, replying to the Structure debate in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, lashed out at Congress-ruled governments from Jawaharlal Nehru to Indira Gandhi regimes and mentioned that each one the amendments had been dropped at serve one household’s pursuits.
In an unsparing assault, Amit Shah additionally took a caustic jibe on the Chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi. With out taking names, he mentioned the 54-year-old chief calls himself a youth chief and overtly brags from public boards that he’ll amend the Structure.
He mentioned that the BJP dominated the nation for a complete of 16 years (6 years throughout Atal Bihari Vajpayee and 10 years beneath PM Modi) and introduced 22 amendments to the Structure whereas Congress in a interval of 55 years effected 77 amendments.
The Dwelling Minister additionally dug out many ‘illegitimate and illegal’ amendments throughout the previous Congress governments and in contrast 4 constitutional amendments throughout the Congress and BJP dispensations, to ‘expose’ the intent and motives of Congress-led regimes.
Amit Shah Differentiates Motive Behind BJP’s Vs Congress’ Amendments
He mentioned that each events amended the Structure however what differentiates the 2 is the intention and motive behind the modification. Their amendments had been pushed by private motives, whereas ours was guided by nationwide curiosity.
“The primary modification was introduced on June 18, 1951, throughout Jawaharlal Nehru’s authorities. 19 (A) was launched within the Structure to curb the liberty of expression of individuals. The twenty-fourth modification was introduced by the Indira Gandhi authorities on November 5, 1971, which gave Parliament ‘unbridled’ powers to curtail the basic rules of residents,” the Dwelling Minister knowledgeable the Home.
He added, “The thirty ninth modification was introduced on August 10, 1975, marking the darkish chapter in Indian democracy. As Allahabad Excessive Court docket had declared Indira’s election as unlawful, her authorities introduced an modification with retrospective impact to nullify the court docket verdict.”
“Underneath the forty fifth modification, the Lok Sabha tenure was prolonged from 5 years to 6 years, fearing defeat in elections whereas the tenure of President’s rule was prolonged by six months,” he identified.
He mentioned that Congress governments introduced many amendments however these 4 expose the mentality and motive of the occasion as all this was completed to safeguard one household’s curiosity and serve their private agendas.
The Dwelling Minister additional went to share 4 amendments introduced beneath the BJP authorities, spotlighting the truth that all had been introduced for folks’s welfare.
“Underneath the one hundred and first modification introduced on July 1, 2017, the Items and Companies Tax (GST) was introduced as a part of the ‘one nation-one tax’ coverage. This transfer introduced parity in taxation throughout the nation and benefitted crores of residents,” he mentioned.
“Underneath the 102nd modification, the OBC fee was given constitutional standing. Underneath the 103rd modification (January 12, 2019), 10 per cent reservation was given to folks from backward communities. The 106th modification gave 33 per cent reservation to ladies by bringing Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam,” Amit Shah mentioned.
He added that when the ladies’s reservation comes into impact and 33 per cent ladies MPs characterize their constituency within the Home, this may realise the dream and imaginative and prescient of our forefathers.
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