RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale has asked to consider the demand to remove the words socialism and secularism from the Preamble of the Constitution. On the completion of 50 years of Emergency, he has raised questions about the Preamble of the Constitution, which is currently a matter of debate. After his statement, there has been an uproar in the political corridors. leader of Opposition rahul gandhi has fiercely targeted RSS and bjp regarding this. Dattatreya Hosabale said that two words have been added secularism and socialism, so should they remain? In the meantime, let us know after how many amendments have been made in the indian Constitution.
Why is there a debate?
On the completion of 50 years of Emergency, Dattatreya Hosabale has raised questions on the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution. He said that the preamble of the constitution which was written by baba Saheb Ambedkar was changed by the Indira government. Words like socialism and secularism were added to the indian Constitution in 1976. Let us now talk about the amendment of the Constitution. This year on 26 january 2025, the Constitution of India has completed 75 years. In these 75 years, many amendments have been made in the Constitution.
Indian Constitution is the oldest
The indian Constitution is very important, it can be gauged from the fact that in a study by the university of Chicago, about 200 constitutions implemented in different countries since 1789 were studied. The age of the constitution of most of these countries was around 17 years, but the Constitution of india has completed 75 years and even today rules and laws are implemented according to it.
How many amendments have been made in the Constitution so far?
In the 75-year history of the indian Constitution, it has been amended about 106 times so far. The first amendment in this was made on 18 june 1951, while the last amendment was the 106th, which was made on 28 september 2023. This included the provision of making one-third of the mandatory membership of women in the lok sabha and the state assemblies.
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