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Mehbooba urges Centre to assess Constitution’s vision
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti urged the BJP-led Centre to assess whether India has fulfilled the Constitution’s vision, Greater Kashmir reported. Speaking to reporters after an Independence Day function at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium,…
The Story in Brief
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti urged the BJP-led Centre to assess whether India has fulfilled the Constitution’s vision, Greater Kashmir reported. Speaking to reporters after an Independence Day function at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said the country’s founding principles included justice, equality and freedom to choose one’s clothing and food.
Her remarks followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to political parties to support women’s reservation in Parliament and state assemblies without making it a political dispute. Mehbooba said Parliament had already passed the women’s reservation bill in 2023 and that it now needed implementation. She also cited the Constitution’s promise of non-discrimination based on caste, creed or colour.
The Indian Opinion
The claim that constitutional values are either fully secure or entirely abandoned is too easy for a complex record. Women’s reservation has been legislated, but implementation is still pending, while freedoms and equal treatment remain matters for institutions and citizens to test in practice. The useful question is not whether one side can claim the Constitution, but whether the reservation law reaches Parliament and assemblies, and when.
Source: greaterkashmir.com
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