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Topic: Constitution

How directive principles fuel BJP and Congress politics on cow and Hindutva

Hilal Ahmed -
The Narendra Modi-led BJP govt reinvented the directive principles as an important source for its brand of majoritarianism.

Modi calls Constitution a ‘holy book’ but his government violates its letter and spirit

Nitin Pai -
The Narendra Modi government has presided over the weakening of several important institutions, including the council of ministers and RBI.

No Rahul Gandhi, BJP doesn’t want to destroy Constitution. It’s more complicated

Hilal Ahmed -
RSS-BJP’s relationship with the Indian Constitution has changed over the years.

DMK challenges govt’s 10% quota in Madras HC, says it ‘offends structure of Constitution’

PTI -
The DMK, in its plea, said the reservation does not apply to those communities which were ostracised for centuries in matters of education and employment.

Modi government’s economic quota is unconstitutional

Madhav Khosla -
The new constitutional amendment suffers from three major legal flaws.

Modi govt’s 10 per cent quota for upper caste poor doesn’t stand the test of Constitution

Anurag Bhaskar -
Historical exclusion from services and social backwardness led to the introduction of reservations under our constitutional scheme.

Balkrishna Sharma: A freedom fighter & poet admired by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Aastha Singh -
Balkrishna Sharma campaigned vigorously for Hindi to be declared a national language of India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1960.

For BJP and RSS, road to the Hindu Rashtra is not through Constitution

Hilal Ahmed -
The contemporary Hindutva politics is also critical of the idea of ‘communal majority’.

With 3 pillars of democracy falling apart, it’s time to read the Constitution once again

Maneesh Chhibber -
Constitution-framers wanted these three wings to function independently, with clearly defined separation of powers.

India’s founders gave us our Constitution. We must prove to them that we can keep it

Vineeth Krishna -
Indian Constitution is the sole flower in South Asia’s constitutional graveyard.
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