'Secular' in constitution is non-negotiable and can't even be debated: Badal

PHAGWARA: Amid the controversy triggered by Union government advertisements featuring pictures of preamble of the constitution without words "secular" and "socialism" and Union telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying that there can be debate on it, BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal has said that these two concepts are non-negotiable and there can't even be a debate on the issue.

"Secularism is very important for our country which is very diverse and the country can't run without this concept. It was very important that is why it was added in the preamble of the constitution and there can't be any tinkering with it," said Punjab CM and SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal Badal said while speaking to mediapersons here at a Sangat Darshan programme at nearby village Mehtan on Friday. "Secularism is so important that its presence in the preamble can't even be debated," added Badal. "Even newspapers should write very carefully about and should not fan the controversy," he advised.

Meanwhile the CM said that he would also meet union finance minister Arun Jaitley to get released Rs 400 crores which has been withheld by union finance minister and is part of the Rs 700 crores approved by the 13th Finance Commission for state special plans. "The amount approved by the Finance Commission can't be held back by the union finance ministry and I shall meet union finance minister over the issue," he said.

Asked about the SAD's stand on amendments in the Land Acquisition Bill Badal refrained from taking a clear stand on the issue and said that he would discuss it with the centre government.

Reacting the Congress MP Captain Amarinder Singh's statement regarding fiscal emergency in the state Badal said that Congress should first sets its own house in order which was plagued by infighting. He blamed Congress for all the financial problems of the state.

CM held Sangat Darshan at four places in the villages in which grants were catered to 42 villages. The grants were distributed in consultation with Chief Parliamentary Secretary Som Parkash and Markfed Chairman Jarnail Singh Wahid.

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