Pledge to safeguard 'secular, democratic' republic: CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury

The CPIM, in a post on X, also pledged to take forward the struggle for a socialist, secular, sovereign, federal, and democratic India where the rights of the people hold paramount importance.

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday called for taking a pledge to ''safeguard and strengthen'' the Indian Republic, stating that the country was christened as a ''secular democratic republic'' in 1950. ''Republic Day greetings to all. In 1950 on this day, we christened the character of independent India as a secular democratic republic,'' Yechury said in a post on X.

''Let us together redeem our pledge to safeguard and strengthen our Republic,'' he said. The CPI(M), in a post on X, also pledged to ''take forward the struggle for a socialist, secular, sovereign, federal, and democratic India where the rights of the people hold paramount importance''.