Basic structure of Constitution stands in the way of what RSS wants, says N. Ram
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP-led Union government are targeting the basic structure of the Constitution because it is standing in the way of their Hindu Rashtra project, N. Ram, Director, The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited has said.He was here on Monday to deliver a lecture on ‘Unmaking the Republic: How Hindutva authoritarianism is dismantling the basic structure of Indian Constitution’ in memory of Chinta Ravindran, filmmaker and writer.Mr. Ram pointed out that Hindutva authoritarianism had been attacking the basic structure doctrine, which was not a fixed code, but a “judicially administered standard”.
- ▪The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP-led Union government are targeting the basic structure of the Constitution because it is standing in the way of their Hindu Rashtra project, N.
- ▪Ram, Director, The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited has said.He was here on Monday to deliver a lecture on ‘Unmaking the Republic: How Hindutva authoritarianism is dismantling the basic structure of Indian Constitution’ in memory of C
- ▪Ram pointed out that Hindutva authoritarianism had been attacking the basic structure doctrine, which was not a fixed code, but a “judicially administered standard”.
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP-led Union government are targeting the basic structure of the Constitution because it is standing in the way of their Hindu Rashtra project, N. Ram, Director, The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited has said.He was here on Monday to deliver a lecture on ‘Unmaking the Republic: How Hindutva authoritarianism is dismantling the basic structure of Indian Constitution’ in memory of Chinta Ravindran, filmmaker and writer.Mr. Ram pointed out that Hindutva authoritarianism had been attacking the basic structure doctrine, which was not a fixed code, but a “judicially administered standard”.
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