Nitin Gadkari slammed Congress over Constitutional amendments
According to sources Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the congress made amendments to the Constitution when in power, but makes an “emotional pitch" now that the bjp will make changes to it. Speaking at multiple campaign rallies in wardha district of Vidarbha region on saturday ahead of the november 20 maharashtra assembly elections, Gadkari also said the bjp is a party of workers, while the congress indulges in dynastic politics.Meanwhile as per the supreme court judgement in Kesavananda Bharti case, the salient features of the Constitution cannot be changed, said the Union road transport and highways minister. He said at Deoli that “They make an emotional pitch that if the bjp gets 400 seats (in the Lok Sabha), the Constitution will be changed. They lie".Moreover he said the congress government led by prime minister Indira gandhi had amended the Constitution. When speaking at a rally in Arvi assembly constituency in the district, Gadkari said had the congress given priority to rural India, farmers would not have died by suicide and there would have been less poverty in villages. The bjp leader said “They changed the Constitution, and they blame us. The Janata party rectified it. How many times was the Constitution amended during Indira Gandhi’s tenure? But the congress does not want to respond to this".