The Bharatiya Janata Party government is “using every trick in its textbook to crush and curtail freedoms enshrined in the Constitution”, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Sunday and asked every citizen to question the attack on the Constitution, its ethos and values.

In a post on X, Kharge on Constitution Day, said, "The Constitution of India is the lifeline of our Democracy". "As we observe and celebrate the 74th Constitution Day, we bow in utmost reverence to its makers for they guaranteed the social, economic and political rights of every Indian," the Congress chief said.