In 2015, the Union Ministry of Social Justice announced the decision of the Center to celebrate November 26 as Constitution Day.
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who became the first law minister of India in the Congress-led Centre, was appointed as the chairman of the constitution drafting committee in 1947 and was given the responsibility of writing the country’s new constitution.
American historian Granville Seward Austin has described the Constitution drafted by Ambedkar as ‘first and foremost a social document’.
Thirteen Opposition Partied Led By Congress Skip Celebrations
A delegation of 13 opposition parties led by Congress will skip the Constitution Day celebrations in Parliament on Friday.
The opposition parties skip the event to protest what they have said is the Center’s disrespect towards them, its refusal to their demands, and hastened passage of bills in Parliament.
The Center has been accused of enabling intimidation on minorities, also with the series of laws passed, discriminatory laws passed instigating lynching of minorities. In 2020 alone, 67 journalists were arrested, detained, questioned in India for their work.
India is established as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists trying to do their job properly. The 2021 World Press Freedom Index produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a French NGO, has again placed India at 142nd rank out of 180 countries.
Rahul Gandhi tweeted with a picture of the preamble, “Justice and rights should be equal for all so that the constitution does not become just a paper – it is the responsibility of all of us. Greetings to all on the Constitution Day of the country. #ConstitutionDay2021
न्याय व अधिकार सबके लिए एक समान होने चाहिएँ ताकि संविधान सिर्फ़ काग़ज़ ना बन जाए- ये हम सबकी ज़िम्मेदारी है।
देश के संविधान दिवस पर सभी को शुभकामनाएँ।#ConstitutionDay2021 pic.twitter.com/SkIP9f5jvB
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 26, 2021