PM, HM subverting constitutional principles in calculated manner: Congress's Ramesh

Taking a swipe astatine the RSS-BJP connected Constitution Day, Congress person Jairam Ramesh connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) alleged that the Sangh's relation was to onslaught and undermine it, and that relation had been taken guardant by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, "who person been subverting law principles successful a calculated manner".

Congress wide caput in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the RSS "had nary relation whatsoever" successful the making of the Constitution

"On Saturday, November 26 1949, the Constituent Assembly met astatine 10 AM with Dr. Rajendra Prasad successful the Chair. Before formally putting the question for the adoption of the draught Constitution of India that had been moved by Dr. Ambedkar the erstwhile time to the vote, Dr. Rajendra Prasad made his remarks," Mr. Ramesh recalled.

"In his code explaining the inheritance to and highlights of the Draft that was soon to beryllium adopted, Dr. Rajendra Prasad recalled: 'The method which the Constituent Assembly adopted successful transportation with the Constitution was archetypal to laic down its 'terms of reference' arsenic it were successful the signifier of an Objectives Resolution which was moved by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (on Dec 13 1946) successful an inspiring code and which constitutes present the Preamble to our Constitution.

"It past proceeded to name a fig of committees to woody with antithetic aspects of the Constitutional problem. Dr. Ambedkar mentioned the names of these Committees. Several of these had arsenic their Chairman Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru oregon Sardar Patel to whom frankincense goes the recognition for the fundamentals of our Constitution......'," Mr. Ramesh said quoting Dr. Prasad.

"Dr. Rajendra Prasad ended his code thus: '....I person realised arsenic cipher other could have, with what zeal and devotion the members of the Drafting Committee and particularly its Chairman Dr. Ambedkar, successful spite of his indifferent health, person worked. We could ne'er marque a determination which was oregon could beryllium ever truthful close arsenic erstwhile we enactment him connected the Drafting Committee and made him its Chairman. He has not lone justified his enactment but has added lustre to the enactment helium has done....'," helium said.

Just arsenic the Constituent Assembly was adopting the Constitution, Governor-General of India C. Rajagopalachari was successful Guwahati, replying to the code of invited from the radical of Assam, Mr. Ramesh recalled.

"In the people of his little remarks, Rajaji reminisced warmly: 'Dr. Ambedkar's starring portion successful steering, connected behalf of the Indian National Congress, the Constitution of Independent India is the top triumph of non-violence...Regarding this entrustment of work to Dr. Ambedkar to the extremity of my days I shall proudly cherish the representation of my ain inaugural successful the substance erstwhile I was not Governor-General, which received the astir generous and astir large-hearted and contiguous acceptance by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel'," helium recalled.

This is each portion of the past of Constitution making successful which the RSS had nary relation whatsoever, Ramesh said.

"In information its relation aft the Constitution was adopted was to onslaught and undermine it, a relation taken guardant by the contiguous PM and HM who person been subverting Constitutional principles, provisions, and practices successful a calculated manner," the Congress person said.

Since 2015, Constitution Day, oregon Samvidhan Diwas, has been celebrated connected November 26 to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution by the Constituent Assembly connected November 26, 1949.