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Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi connected Monday (January 26, 2026) said the Constitution is each Indian’s top limb and shield arsenic his enactment asserted that its resoluteness to support the Constitution is arsenic “strong arsenic a rock”.
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who unfurled the nationalist emblem astatine his authoritative residence connected the country’s 77th Republic Day, said the request of the hr is to basal steadfast successful defending the principles and tone of our Constitution.
“We indispensable beryllium prepared to marque each indispensable sacrifice to safeguard the Constitution. This volition beryllium our existent tribute to the sacrifices of our ancestors,” Mr. Kharge said successful a station connected X.
“Our Constitution is the shield that protects each 140 crore Indians. Our resoluteness to support it is arsenic beardown arsenic a rock. Long unrecorded the Constitution! Jai Hind!” enactment wide caput Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said successful a station successful Hindi connected X.
Taking to to X to widen his Republic Day greetings to citizens, Mr. Gandhi, who attended the Republic Day parade astatine Kartavya Path, said: “Our Constitution is the top limb for each Indian — it is our voice, the protective shield for our rights. Protecting the Constitution is protecting the Indian Republic, it is the truest tribute to the sacrifices of our state fighters. Jai Hind! Jai Samvidhan!”
Congress leaders miffed
But respective Congress leaders criticised the Narendra Modi authorities for not offering beforehand enactment seats to some the Leaders of Opposition (LoPs) successful the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha during the Republic Day parade.
Both Mr. Kharge and Mr. Gandhi, who attended the parade, were seen seated successful the 3rd row. Towards the fag extremity of the lawsuit earlier the nationalist anthem was being played, Mr. Kharge was seen seated adjacent to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and erstwhile Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar successful the beforehand row.
“This shows the mindset of the government, peculiarly of [Narendra] Modi ji and [Home Minister] Amit Shah and the level to which they person stooped. Until 2014, LoPs, beryllium it Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley oregon adjacent L.K. Advani, who was not the LoP, were seated successful the beforehand row,” Congress whip successful Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore said.
His enactment workfellow and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha shared the photograph connected X of some LoPs occuping a 3rd enactment spot down Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and said: “This is sheer deficiency of protocol & grace!! May beryllium excessively overmuch to expect successful contiguous times!! #RahulGandhi #Khargeji”.
“This lone reveals the vexation of a authorities plagued by an inferiority complex,” Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala added, sharing the aforesaid photos of the LoPs.
