Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said had it not been for the Lok Sabha election results, in which the BJP scraped through to victory, the government would have started work on changing the Constitution.
Participating in a debate on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha, she said the Constitution was a protective shield of justice, unity and freedom of expression but the government made every effort to break it during the past 10 years.
“This government is working to weaken the reservation policy through lateral entry and privatisation. Had the Lok Sabha election results not come as they have, the government would have started the work on changing the Constitution,” Gandhi said.
“The truth is that they are chanting ‘Constitution’ because they realised that the people of this country will keep the Constitution alive,” said the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad.
She said the people were demanding a caste-based census and even the ruling party was talking about it because of the election results.