Kolkata: In the Indian constitution, the country has been described as a sovereign, socialist and secular along with a democratic republic. At the same time, Nandkumar, a prominent leader of the RSS and national convener of Prajna Pravah, wants that the country can consider the word 'secular' in the constitution. Where he says that the claim of secularism is a western idea.

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In an interview where Nandkumar said, secularism is a Western and Semitic idea. It came from the west. It is actually against the dominion of the Pope. He argued that India does not need secularism, because the nation is beyond the path of secularism, as it considers universal acceptance against the Western concept of tolerance. At the same time, a book called 'Hindutva in the changing times' has been released by the RSS officer. But in this launching program of the book, senior RSS official Krishna Gopal also participated.

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When asked about Nandkumar in this matter, he said that the word secular is not necessary in the Preamble of the Constitution and the founder of the Constitution was also against it. At the same time he goes on to say that "Everyone including Babasaheb Ambedkar, Krishna Swami Iyer argued against it and said that it is not necessary to include it in the (secular) preamble. Yet at that time it was sought, discussed and it was decided not to include. He said, however, in 1976, when Indira Gandhi insisted on the word 'secular', Ambedkar's opinion was rejected. Asked whether Will the union pressurize the BJP, which has 303 seats in the Lok Sabha, to remove the 'secular' from the preamble to the Constitution? Nandkumar refused to answer.

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