Mamata Banerjee urges people to uphold principles of Constitution

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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday urged people to take a pledge to protect the Constitution of the country and uphold its principles.

Taking to Twitter, she said, "On #RepublicDay, let us pledge to protect our #Constitution and uphold the principles of sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic, justice, liberty, equality and fraternity, as enshrined in the Preamble."

On #RepublicDay, let us pledge to protect our #Constitution and uphold the principles of sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic, justice, liberty, equality and fraternity, as enshrined in the Preamble — Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 26, 2020

India is celebrating its 71st Republic Day on Sunday. On this day in 1950, the Constitution of India came into effect.