It has now become incumbent on us to revisit these principles and decide for ourselves what needs to be done to keep that vision alive. Let us consider the words “socialist” and “secular”, added to the Preamble through the Forty-Second Amendment of 1976. This was flatly opposed by Nehru who asserted, “You cannot have rules for Hindus, for Muslims or for Christians only. We have only done something which every country does except a very few misguided and backward countries in the world. Let us not refer to that word in the sense that we have done something very mighty.”But don’t take my word for it.

Source: The Telegraph January 27, 2020 13:52 UTC