Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Dec 9: Union Minister of State in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that it is time to focus on fundamental duties, rather than fundamental rights.
Speaking after formally inaugurating “Digital Exhibition on the History of the Constitution of India” to mark the 70 years of the adoption of the Constitution of India at North Block here, Dr Singh referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis on discharging of our duties with responsibility and sincerity, and said that if all of us collectively discharge our duties, it will in turn result in collective fulfillment of the obligation of 130 crore Indians towards our nation.
Striking an emotional chord, Dr Jitendra Singh said, it is a providential brush with history that we are here today to witness the 70 years of the adoption of the Constitution of India, which took place on Dec 9, 1949. It is another divine coincidence, he said, that December 9, 1949 happened to be a Monday and today also it happens to be a Monday.
Lauding the extraordinary effort and diligent exercise that went behind the making of the Constitution, Singh said, the Constitution of India is a monumental evidence of the extraordinary brilliance with which a small team led by Dr Ambedkar sat in the Central Hall of Parliament, day-after-day for over two and a half years, and succeeded in completing a document which is today a referral resource of constitutional literature for every country of the world. The years from 1947 to 1950, indeed, saw the evolution of India from an independent nation into a sovereign republic, he said.
While going around different sections of the exhibition, the minister shared several anecdotes about the making of the Indian Constitution and about the luminaries who were part of the Constitutional team. He also administered the pledge to the officials present on the occasion.
It may be recalled that Constitution of India was adopted on November 26, 1949, and the members appended their signatures to it on January 24, 1950. In all, 284 Members (total Members-299) actually signed the Constitution. The Constitution of India came into force on Jan 26,1950. The day of adoption of the Constitution is being celebrated in the country as “Constitution Day”.
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