BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the BJP is against social justice, follows ‘Manusmriti’, and has no faith in the Constitution. “Fearing that if the constitution is changed straight away, it may result in bloodshed, the party has resorted to twisting and weakening the Constitution indirectly,” he said at the ‘Constitution and National Unity’ conference.
“Anantkumar Hegde, who was Union minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet, had declared that they came to power to change the Constitution. Neither PM Modi, (Home Minister) Amit Shah, BJP nor RSS condemned him. Didn’t oppose him either. Hegde had shown the agenda and ambition of the BJP and RSS. People of the entire country should wake up and realise this,” he said.
Siddaramaiah appealed to people to vote against the BJP and support the Congress and its allies in the I.N.D.I.A bloc.
He warned that democracy would not survive if those who came to power to change the Constitution were not removed. The Constitution is the embodiment of the wishes of Buddha, Basavadi Sharana, Vachana Kranti and Kuvempu, Narayanguru, and Vivekananda among other greats. “The rights of working people of this country, of labourers, farmers, and women, lie in the constitution. All of them will be forced back to slavery if the Constitution is changed,” he said.
Around 40 leaders from 18 states and 12 political parties attended the conference.