<h1>Chief Minister calls for removing 'socialism' and 'secularism' from Constitution, citing 42nd Amendment as Western imposition during Emergency</h1> A Chief Minister argued that 'socialism' and 'secularism' should be removed from India's Constitution, calling them Western concepts inappropriately inserted during the Emergency period through the 42nd amendment. The official claimed these terms contradict Indian civilization's spiritual nature, asserting that citizens cannot be neutral but are inclusive. Speaking at a book launch about the Emergency era, the leader argued that Western secularism arose from church-monarchy conflicts irrelevant to India's history, while socialism damaged the nation's competitiveness. The official advocated for discussing Emergency-era damage and erasing its legacy from constitutional framework.