Ensure two-thirds majority for BJP in LS polls to get Constitution amended, BJP MP tells public

Six years since Anantkumar Hegde said the BJP would change the Constitution to do away with the word “secular” in its preamble, the BJP MP on Sunday said that to amend the Constitution, the public must ensure two-thirds majority for the saffron party in Lok Sabha.

The BJP needs a two-thirds majority in both houses of Parliament to amend the Constitution and “set right distortions and unnecessary additions made to it by the Congress”, Hedge said, addressing a gathering here, going on to explain the numbers required to amend the preamble of the Constitution.

The party would also need to come to power in more than 20 States for this, the six-time Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka said.