1. Over two crore people join Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in reading preamble of Indian Constitution
Millions of people across Karnataka joined Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in reading the preamble of the Indian Constitution on September 15, which is celebrated worldwide as the ‘International Day of Democracy’. More than 2.31 crore persons, including schools and colleges, government offices, and even banks and corporate offices, across Karnataka registered for the programme to read the preamble.
The UN declared September 15 as the International Day of Democracy in 2007, and all democratic countries started observing the day from the year 2008. The objective of reading the preamble of the Constitution is to create awareness about freedom of women, press freedom, communal harmony, protection of human rights, and dignity of life to all, Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa said.
