Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam has moved the Supreme Court to intervene in a petition by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy that seeks to delete “secular” and “socialist” from the Preamble of the Constitution.
Mr. Viswam, represented by advocate Sriram Parakkat, said the insertion of the words “socialist” and “secular” by the Constitution makers was with a clear intention to “keep Indian polity secular”.
The Communist Party of India leader said secularism and socialism were both inherent and basic to the Constitution.