Raipur: Lashing out at the BJP, Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said that the Constitution and democracy are in danger in the country. At a program held on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti in Raipur, the Chief Minister further alleged that the constitutional institutions are being weakened.
The Chief Minister also said that the Constitution protects the rights of the people but now it is in danger as it is being tampered with and there are efforts to weaken it. " If the Constitution survives we will survive. Democracy still prevails because of the Constitution. If the Constitution does not survive we will all be in danger. Be it SC, ST, OBC, OBC people, women, youth, and the minority community are being empowered by the Constitution," said Baghel.
The Chief Minister also questioned the role of the Governor with regard to the time taken by Governors to give ascent to nills passed by the State Assemblies. He said that the Governor's roles should be looked into and there should be a fixed timeframe within which Governors have to give a nod to bills.
" We passed the Reservation Bill 2022 by convening a special session of the Assembly. We sent the bill for the Governor's ascent to it, but till today we have not received any response from him. It is neither being signed by the Governor nor it is being returned by him. The makers of the Constitution did not think that it would have come to this when they invested so much power in the Governor that he could take indefinite time for taking a call on a bill," said Baghel. He also urged the people to go to the Raj Bhavan and demand that the governor clear the Bill. " Perhaps, with your demand, he will clear the bill," said Baghel.
