Lok Sabha to begin 2-day debate on Constitution to mark 75th year of its adoption today

The Lok Sabha will begin a two-day debate today on the Constitution to mark the beginning of the 75th year of its adoption in the country. As per the listed agenda of the Lok Sabha, there will be a “Special discussion on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of India”. The discussions will begin after the Question Hour.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will initiate the debate on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reply to the two-day debate on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha tomorrow.

Ahead of the two-day debate, Prime Minister Modi held a strategy meeting, which was attended by Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda, among others. Mr Shah earlier held a meeting with senior BJP ministers, including Mr Nadda, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, at his office in



Parliament.

The Rajya Sabha will hold the debate on the Constitution on December 16 and 17, and Prime Minister Modi is expected to reply to it on Tuesday in the upper house. The debate on the Constitution has been the key demand of the opposition for the Winter Session of Parliament.

According to the agreement with the Opposition, the BJP-led NDA government had agreed to a debate on the Constitution on December 13 and 14 in the Lok Sabha and on December 16 and 17 in the Rajya Sabha.

On November 26, 1949, the Indian Constituent Assembly formally adopted the Constitution, which came into effect on January 26, 1950, establishing India as a sovereign, democratic republic.

In 2015, Modi government formally declared November 26 as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) to honour the adoption of the Indian Constitution in 1949.