Celebrities from the Malayalam film industry have been posting pictures of the Indian Constitution’s Preamble on social media with just hours until the opening of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Monday, January 22. The action serves as a reminder of the secular, socialist, and democratic principles enshrined in the Constitution on the day that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is perceived to have fulfilled one of its most vehement Hindutva promises.
Aashiq Abu, Jeo Baby, Kunjila Mascillamani, Kamal KM, Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Rajesh Madhavan, and singer Sooraj Santhosh are among the well-known Malayalam film personalities who shared pictures of the Preamble of the Constitution.
“We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India a into a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic and to secure to all its citizens:
Justice, social, economic and political;
Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
Equality of status and of opportunity and to promote among them all;
Fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
in our Constituent Assembly, this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949 do Hereby Adopt, Enact and give to ourselves this Constitution.”
Actor Parvathy Thiruvothu posted the preamble on Instagram with the caption “Our India,” while Rima Kallingal reiterated the constitutional values of “justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity.”
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Director Kamal KM wrote, “WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens.”
Filmmaker Aashiq Abu also highlighted the words “sovereign,” “socialist”, “secular”, “democratic”, and “republic” in the Constitution.
The consecration of the Ram temple or the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ is scheduled to begin at 12.20 pm on January 22 and is expected to end by 1 pm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a gathering of more than 8,000 people, including seers and prominent personalities, at the venue. Over 13,000 security personnel have reportedly been deployed. Bollywood stars including Vicky Kaushal, Madhuri Dixit, Alia Bhatt, Rajkumar Hirani, Mahaveer Jain, and Rohit Shetty are also among those attending the Ram Temple’s inauguration.
The inauguration held today is considered as the apex of the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign of the BJP and Sangh Parivar. On December 6, 1992, kar sevaks affiliated with Hindu majoritarian groups demolished the 16th-century mosque known as Babri Masjid, which was constructed in 1528 by Mir Baqi, the commander of Mughal emperor Babur. Owing to a coordinated Hindutva movement, the demolition caused communal riots that lasted for months and claimed over 2,000 lives. Since 1885, religious authorities and Hindutva organizations have disputed the location of the Babri Masjid, believing it to be the birthplace of Lord Ram, or Ram Janmabhoomi.
A legal fight ensued in 1950 when Gopal Visharad Sharma approached the Faizabad district court for the right to worship idols of Ram Lalla, which were placed there in 1949. On September 30, 2010, the High Court, in a 2:1 majority, ruled a three-way division of the disputed area between the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara, and Ram Lalla.
Nine years later, the Supreme Court granted the entire 2.77 acres of disputed land to deity Ram Lalla and directed the Uttar Pradesh government to allot five acres of land to Muslims for building a mosque. Though the Supreme Court referred to the mosque’s demolition as “an egregious violation of the rule of law”, the verdict was criticised for accepting the logic of “faith over fact” and granting legal possession of land to those responsible for the demolition.
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