June 27, 2025
Press Statement
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
RSS’s Intent Exposed
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly denounces the proposal made by the RSS General Secretary to remove the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. This proposal exposes the RSS’s long-standing objective of subverting the Constitution and its intent to transform India into a Hindu Rashtra, in pursuit of its Hindutva project.
The Indian Constitution embodies the aspirations of countless freedom fighters from various streams of our historic anti-colonial struggle for independence. The inclusion of ‘socialism’ and ‘secularism’ in the Preamble is not an arbitrary addition; it reflects the core values for which freedom fighters like Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and his comrades stood and sacrificed their lives. Their ideals are embedded in every provision of the Constitution, and the insertion of these words merely affirms that legacy.
It is the height of hypocrisy for the RSS, which played no role in the freedom movement, to now advocate for the removal of these foundational principles. That it cannot tolerate the values cherished by our martyrs betrays its reactionary, anti-people, and divisive ideology.
The CPI(M) firmly opposes any attempt to alter the core values enshrined in our Constitution. We appeal to the people to remain vigilant and resolutely resist all such efforts by the RSS and its protégé, BJP.