Republic Day: Chidambaram Raises the Level Of Protest

  • Congress leader P Chidambaram took to Twitter to call for raising the level of protest on India's 71st Republic Day.
  • Chidambaram tweeted, “As we raise the flag today, let us also raise the level of protest.”
  • “Happy Republic Day. The soul of the Constitution lies in the freedoms guaranteed in Part III of the Constitution", he wrote.
  • He further added, “As long as freedoms are denied to any part of the people, the whole of the population is denied freedom."
  • He also criticized the govt for a heavy-handed approach to Kashmir where the restrictions that were introduced in August still remain in force.
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