RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale strongly pitched whether the words 'secular' and 'socialist' - added by the Congress government to the Preamble of Constitution during Emergency - should remain.

Congress criticizes RSS for wanting to review 'socialist' and 'secular' in Constitution, alleging it's a plot to destroy it.

The call to remove 'socialist' and 'secular' from the Preamble is an attempt to restore the Constitution to its original spirit

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has vehemently condemned RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale for his call to review the Preamble of the Indian Constitution, saying it is...

The terms were added during a period of quasi dictatorship, when the government's word was the law. Critics argue they were imposed without proper debate.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In an indirect support to the RSS' call to review the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said any right-thinking citizen will endorse it because everybody knows that these words were not part of the original Constitution written by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. India News | Any Right-thinking Citizen Will Endorse Call to Review 'socialist', 'secular' in Preamble: Minister.

These terms, not a part of the original Constitution were brought in during a time when democratic institutions were weakened.

The Congress on Friday hit out at a senior member of the RSS - the ideological mentor of the ruling BJP - after he seemed to advocate for the removal of the words 'secular' and 'socialist' in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution.