<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">BJP</a> will launch a fortnight-long campaign to celebrate the Constitution and spread awareness about its values and the role of its architect, B R Ambedkar, in the run-up to the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/republic-day">Republic Day</a> on January 26, official sources said on Friday.</p>.<p>The drive marks the stepping up of the ruling party's counter-campaign to project itself as a champion of the Constitution, following opposition parties' relentless attacks on it for its alleged attempts to weaken the values of the country's guiding document.</p>.<p>Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the nationwide campaign -- "Samvidhan Gaurav Abhiyan" -- will be launched on January 11, with a focus on districts with a significant population of the Scheduled Castes (SCs).</p>.<p>The party has deployed three of its national general secretaries -- Vinod Tawde, Tarun Chugh and Dushyant Kumar Gautam -- to spearhead the campaign, with Tawde named as its convenor.</p>.Anna University sexual assault case: BJP women members stage protest seeking justice for student; detained.<p>The BJP will organise programmes in all state capitals and other cities, at least 50 in total, besides holding numerous local-level exercises, the sources said.</p>.<p>Different wings of the party will also reach out to students to highlight the constitutional values, they added.</p>.<p>The party's communication on the campaign marks out districts with a considerable SC population for a special focus.</p>.<p>The I.N.D.I.A. Opposition bloc had focused on the BJP's alleged attempts to weaken the Constitution during the Lok Sabha poll campaign last year, a theme that struck a chord with a section of the voters, leading to the ruling party suffering some unexpected losses in a few states and losing its majority in the Lower House of Parliament.</p>.<p>However, with its allies, the saffron party secured a comfortable majority.</p>.<p>The Winter Session of Parliament saw a debate on India's constitutional journey, during which the Congress and other opposition parties seized on a part of Home Minister Amit Shah's speech to accuse him of insulting Ambedkar.</p>.<p>Shah accused the opposition parties of distorting his speech, with the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that it is the Congress that has repeatedly insulted Ambedkar.</p>.<p>BJP leaders will be highlighting Ambedkar's contributions during the campaign as well, the sources said.</p>.<p>The Modi government has also launched a campaign to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution on January 26 under the tagline -- "hamara samvidhan, hamara swabhiman". </p>
<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">BJP</a> will launch a fortnight-long campaign to celebrate the Constitution and spread awareness about its values and the role of its architect, B R Ambedkar, in the run-up to the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/republic-day">Republic Day</a> on January 26, official sources said on Friday.</p>.<p>The drive marks the stepping up of the ruling party's counter-campaign to project itself as a champion of the Constitution, following opposition parties' relentless attacks on it for its alleged attempts to weaken the values of the country's guiding document.</p>.<p>Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the nationwide campaign -- "Samvidhan Gaurav Abhiyan" -- will be launched on January 11, with a focus on districts with a significant population of the Scheduled Castes (SCs).</p>.<p>The party has deployed three of its national general secretaries -- Vinod Tawde, Tarun Chugh and Dushyant Kumar Gautam -- to spearhead the campaign, with Tawde named as its convenor.</p>.Anna University sexual assault case: BJP women members stage protest seeking justice for student; detained.<p>The BJP will organise programmes in all state capitals and other cities, at least 50 in total, besides holding numerous local-level exercises, the sources said.</p>.<p>Different wings of the party will also reach out to students to highlight the constitutional values, they added.</p>.<p>The party's communication on the campaign marks out districts with a considerable SC population for a special focus.</p>.<p>The I.N.D.I.A. Opposition bloc had focused on the BJP's alleged attempts to weaken the Constitution during the Lok Sabha poll campaign last year, a theme that struck a chord with a section of the voters, leading to the ruling party suffering some unexpected losses in a few states and losing its majority in the Lower House of Parliament.</p>.<p>However, with its allies, the saffron party secured a comfortable majority.</p>.<p>The Winter Session of Parliament saw a debate on India's constitutional journey, during which the Congress and other opposition parties seized on a part of Home Minister Amit Shah's speech to accuse him of insulting Ambedkar.</p>.<p>Shah accused the opposition parties of distorting his speech, with the BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that it is the Congress that has repeatedly insulted Ambedkar.</p>.<p>BJP leaders will be highlighting Ambedkar's contributions during the campaign as well, the sources said.</p>.<p>The Modi government has also launched a campaign to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution on January 26 under the tagline -- "hamara samvidhan, hamara swabhiman". </p>