On June 26, 2025, during an event commemorating fifty years since the imposition of Emergency, RSS National General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale questioned the inclusion of the words “Secular” and “Socialist” in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. These were added during the Emergency through the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976. According to him, these terms were not part of the original Constitution—a factually correct statement. During the Emergency, opposition leaders and media moguls were jailed, and the amendment was passed without proper democratic consensus. Mr. Hosabale’s remarks...