New Delhi, Jan 25 (UNI) Accusing the present NDA regime of making an assault on Constitution and Constitutional values under a conspiracy, Indian National Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday called upon the people of the country to unite to save the fundamental institutions of the nation.

In a message to countrymen on the eve of the 71st Republic day, Mrs Gandhi said,’’the truth is that an assault is being made on the Constitution and Constitutional values under a conspiracy. Further Constitutional values are being attacked in an organized manner and Constitutional institutions are being sacrificed at the altar of personal egos. In such a situation, it is the duty of every citizen to unite to save the Constitution.’’

She asserted that there was a perception among the citizens of the country that constitutional values are not safe in the hands of the present Government.


‘’To divert attention from the problems of unemployment, agrarian distress and price spiral, a conspiracy is being hatched on divide people in the name of religion, region and language and weaken the Constitution. An unprecedented atmosphere of fear and insecurity is being created in the country.

"The common man feels that the Constitutional values are not safe under the present dispensation,’’she said.



Charging the present government with crushing dissent, she said,’’today, agriculture and farmers are on the verge of bankruptcy, the youth is running helter-skelter in search of jobs. The economy is in a sorry state. However, anyone who raises a voice is being crushed by the government machinery.


"Today the responsibility of protecting the Constitution lies on the shoulders of every Indian.’’

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