"Attack On The Constitution": Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan On India Vs Bharat Controversy
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is the latest to express views on the controversy over the name of India, and he said the attempt to change India”s name is an “attack on the Constitution, and our unity”. There is speculation that India will be renamed Bharat when the special Parliament session is convened this month.
“Let”s stand firm against this narrow politics, which seeks to divert public attention from the real issues. Our pledge remains unchanged: “India is my country; all Indians are my brothers and sisters,” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in an X post.
The attempt to change #India“s name is an attack on the Constitution, and our unity. Let”s stand firm against this narrow politics, which seeks to divert public attention from the real issues. Our pledge remains unchanged: “India is my country; all Indians are my brothers and…
— Pinarayi Vijayan (@pinarayivijayan) September 6, 2023
Earlier in the day, CPI (M), the party chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan belongs to, has also criticised the BJP and said they are agitated because the Opposition parties and secular forces have come together with name of INDIA.
CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, while speaking to news agency ANI said: “The first article of the Constitution says “India that is Bharat shall be a Union of States”… It is All India Medical Sciences, Indian Space Research Organisation of which we all are proud of now… IIT, IIM, there is India in all of these. It was the President of the Republic of India till now… The intention behind changing it to “Bharat” is questionable. Opposition parties and secular forces have come together with the name of INDIA…They (BJP) are so agitated with INDIA that they have started using “Bharat”. What if the opposition creates an abbreviation named “Bharat”?…”
