Here to change Constitution: Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's remark rocks Parliament

The Congress has called it a "direct assault" on the composite identity of the nation and the party will oppose any such attempt with all its might.

IndiaToday.in  | Posted By: Neha Vashishth
December 27, 2017 | UPDATED 11:50 IST
Photo: Facebook/Anant Kumar HegdePhoto: Facebook/Anant Kumar Hegde

Highlights

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    Hegde, last week, had said that BJP government intends to change the Constitution during an event.
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    His controversial remark backfired and caused him to face a lot of flak from opposition parties.
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    Congress' Leader of Opposition even went on to say he has no right to be Member of Parliament.

Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde's controversial remarks that the ruling BJP government intends to change the Constitution rocked Parliament today, with the Opposition demanding action against him in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

While the Lok Sabha had to be adjourned till noon after the Opposition protested over the statement by Hegde, the Rajya Sabha saw the Congress asking how a person who questions the Constitution is being allowed to continue as a Member of Parliament.

"If a person has no belief in the Constitution, he has no right to be a Member of Parliament," Congress's Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said.

At an event in Kukanur town in Karnataka's Koppal district last week, Hegde, 49, had said he respects the Constitution, but "it will be changed in the days to come". "We are here for that and that is why we have come," the five-time Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka had said.

The Congress has called it a "direct assault" on the composite identity of the nation and the party will oppose any such attempt with all its might. The party alleged that the BJP-RSS school of thought is ingrained in "bigotry, hate, divisiveness and prejudices, that envision a monolithic culture."