Summary:
Guwahati, Aug 17 (PTI) The opposition in Assam on Wednesday claimed that secularism is being attacked and there is an attempt to destroy the Constitution after 75 years of India"s independence, while the biggest worry is the common man"s gradual liking for fascism, communalism and autocracy.
Addressing the one-day Special Session of the Assam Assembly to mark the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM), members of different parties highlighted a series of “lacunae” in the Indian democracy.
The House also unanimously adopted a resolution to implement various steps for strengthening democracy.
CPI(M)"s Manoranjan Talukdar said, "Independence gave us the dream of economic independence also.
But that has not happened in the last 75 years.
There is over 10 per cent inflation and degradation of the economy.
One India is getting richer and another is poorer." Discrimination against Dalits is rising and the country is fighting external forces, but the internal enemies are weakening the society, he claimed.
"Secularism is being attacked and there is an attempt to destroy the Constitution, which must be resisted.
Any opposing voice is branded anti-national and it will not strengthen democracy," Talukdar said.
Independent member Akhil Gogoi said: "In the last 75 years, there have been many attempts to dislodge democracy.
The declaration of Emergency in 1975 is the biggest black chapter in independent India.