Lok Sabha To Begin Two-Day Special Debate On Constitution; BJP, Congress Face-Off Expected – News18
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The Lok Sabha will hold special debates starting Friday to mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution. PM Modi will respond to the discussions on Saturday.
Opposition members protest in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament (Photo: PTI)
The Lok Sabha is set to begin a two-day debate on the Constitution on Friday, to mark the beginning of the 75th year of its adoption in the country. The discussions are expected to be marred by a big Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Congress faceoff over the alleged Sonia Gandhi-George Soros links and other issues.
The debate on the Constitution has been the key demand of the Opposition for the Winter Session of Parliament.
According to the agreement with the Opposition, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government had agreed to a debate on the Constitution on December 13-14 in the Lok Sabha and on December 16-17 in the Rajya Sabha.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to initiate the debate on the Constitution in the lower house, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to initiate a similar debate in the Rajya Sabha.
DEBATE IN LOK SABHA
As per the listed agenda of the Lok Sabha, there will be a “Special discussion on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of India”. The discussions will begin after the Question Hour, which is also listed in the agenda of the lower house.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reply to the two-day debate on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha on Saturday (December 14).
CONSTITUTION DEBATE IN LOK SABHA: BJP, CONGRESS HOLD STRATEGY MEET
Ahead of the two-day debate, Prime Minister Modi held a strategy meeting attended by Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, besides BJP president JP Nadda.
Shah earlier held a meeting with senior BJP ministers, including Nadda, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, at his office in Parliament.
The Opposition Congress also held a strategy meeting at the party headquarters which was attended by party president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi besides other senior leaders, including KC Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh, to plan for the strategy in Parliament for the upcoming week.
The Winter Session of Parliament is likely to end on December 20.
ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION
On November 26, 1949, the Indian Constituent Assembly formally adopted the Constitution, which came into effect on January 26, 1950, establishing India as a sovereign, democratic republic.
In 2015, the Government of India formally declared November 26 as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) to honour the adoption of the Indian Constitution in 1949.
Since then, the nation celebrates the Constitution’s adoption each year on this day.
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