Government ad without 'secular, socialist' in Constitution kicks up row

January 27, 2015 21:24

The Narendra Modi government today denied allegations that it had made a serious mistake in its Republic Day ad, which had an image of the Constitution's preamble with the words "socialist" and "secular" missing.

The ad carried in newspapers on Monday was released by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity, which is under the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

The ad uses the image of the original Preamble, which says "We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign, democratic Republic..."

The words "Socialist, Secular'' were introduced in 1976, when the Congress was in power.

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