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More than 2.2 crore people register for reading of Preamble on Friday

About 2.27 crore people, including bank and corporate employees, have registered for the reading of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution which will take place in Karnataka on Friday (15 September), at 10 a.m., when the ‘International Day of Democracy’ is celebrated worldwide.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa will lead the children and citizens in reading the Preamble of the Constitution of India.

Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa told reporters that people from diverse fields have registered for reading the Preamble. A circular has been issued to all schools and colleges, government offices from the Chief Minister’s office to gram panchayat offices across the State for arranging the programme to read the preamble.

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