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Remove the words ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ from the Constitution : RSS demands

New Delhi – RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on 25th June 2025 pitched for the removal of the terms ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ from the Preamble of the Constitution, while lashing out at the Congress for imposing the Emergency 50 years ago.

The Emergency was declared on 25th June 1975, by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi-led Congress Government. The 21-month period lasting until 21st March 1977 saw civil liberties suspended. A brutal crackdown on Opposition leaders and the freedom of the press was also rampant at that time.

Addressing an event in Delhi, Hosabale made a strong pitch to consider whether the words socialist and secular, which were added to the Preamble by the Congress Government during the Emergency, should remain.

Demanding an apology from Congress for imposing the Emergency, he said, “Those who did such things are today moving around with the Constitution’s copy. They have still not apologised. Your ancestors did it. You must apologise for this to the country,” he said in his remarks aimed at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Recalling the days of the Emergency, the RSS leader said, “While thousands of people were put in jail and tortured during that period, freedom of the judiciary and media was also curtailed.

Dattatreya Hosabele

Hosabele’s remarks came after the BJP-led Union government on Wednesday observed June 25 as the ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’, marking the 50th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency.

Editorial Perspective

These words were inserted into the Preamble of the Constitution during the Emergency when a constitutional Government was not in existence. Therefore, the Union Government must now declare these words unconstitutional and remove them to deliver justice to the nation.

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