BJP slams Rahul Gandhi's X post on Constitution Day: 'Aurangzeb preaching about tolerance'

BJP leader CR Kesavan slammed Gandhi’s post on X, likening it to “Aurangzeb preaching about tolerance” and “Mir Jafar lecturing on loyalty”.

Kesavan told News18 that the Congress had forfeited its moral right to speak about constitutional values due to its actions during the Emergency.

“Rahul Gandhi talking about the virtues of our sacred Constitution is as hypocritical as Aurangzeb preaching about tolerance and as paradoxical as Mir Jafar lecturing on loyalty,” Kesavan said.

He also alleged that the Congress had “murdered the Constitution” during the 1975 Emergency, even going so far as to amend the Preamble to consolidate power.

Kesavan accused Gandhi of having “scant regard or respect” for Dr BR Ambedkar’s Constitution, stating that the Congress leader routinely “slanders the democratic process” and “maligns constitutional institutions”.

On Constitution Day, he told News18 that it would be appropriate for the Congress and Rahul Gandhi to “seek forgiveness and tender a public apology” to the nation and to future generations for the “assault on democracy”.

Samvidhan Divas, or Constitution Day, is an annual observance that commemorates the official adoption of the Indian Constitution on November 26, 1949, establishing India as a sovereign and democratic republic. The Indian government declared November 26 as Constitution Day in 2015, under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.