New Delhi, Aug 16 (UNI) The Congress on Friday launched a 100-day ”Samvidhan Rakshak Campaign” to enrol people as protectors of the Constitution.
Launching the campaign from here, senior Congress leader and Treasurer Ajay Maken, along with Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav and Chairman of the SC department of the AICC, Rajesh Lilothia, said that the campaign will conclude on November 26, to coincide with 75 years of the adoption of the Constitution of India and will cover all the 70 assembly segments in Delhi.
Maken said that the challenges and threats to the Constitution were still prevailing as the same people came to power who wanted to change the Constitution before the elections.
He also pointed out that India was the only country in the region, which was strong and stable while all others were facing turmoil and unrest.
The Congress leader observed that India succeeded as a democracy just because of the Constitution.
The Rajya Sabha MP said, as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had committed during his campaign that the party will ensure to defend and protect the Constitution at all costs, the campaign was being launched across the country.
So far three lakh Constitution Protection Volunteers had enrolled themselves, he said, adding that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and he himself had also enrolled as volunteers.
Giving further details of the campaign, Rajesh Lilothia said that the same forces who had opposed the Constitution while it was being drafted and had even burnt its copies were in power today. He said there was a continuous threat to the Constitution.
Stating that the campaign will be extended across the country to every village Lilothia said, two Constitution Protection Volunteers, one male and one female, will be identified in every village who will be trained for the purpose.
He said the campaign in Delhi will conclude on November 26 with a massive programme in Talkatora Stadium. This will also mark 75 years of the adoption of the Constitution.
Devender Yadav said, the campaign was being launched at the right time since the forces who wanted to change it were still in power and the threat to the Constitution was very much there.
