Constitution guides like lighthouse, its spirit valuable: PM Modi in Rajya Sabha

The Congress is the “biggest opponent of the Constitution” and is running a “fake narrative” that the Bharatiya Janata Party sought a brute mandate in the Lok Sabha elections to alter its provisions to mislead the public, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Parliament on Wednesday, as he launched an all-out attack on the opposition party, which ultimately staged a walkout along with its allies. During his reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha, Modi said the Constitution guides the citizens “like a lighthouse” and is “not just a compilation of Articles but its spirit and imprint are extremely valuable”. Statements by BJP leaders like former lawmaker Lallu Singh and former Union minister Anantkumar Hegde on the need to revisit the Constitution fuelled the Opposition’s campaign, even as Modi and his party dismissed the allegations. Modi said the “Constitution is not just a compilation of Articles, but its spirit and imprint are extremely valuable.” “Our Constitution guides us like a lighthouse.,” he said, adding that the people of the country gave the BJP the mandate for a third time with a sense of confidence and firm belief that it will make India’s economy the third largest in the world.