Empowering
citizens through constitutional awareness and capacity Building!
Vimukti Pothnal in collaboration with Azim Premji foundation
organized three days training on constitution of India to NGO
representatives of Raichur Dist, from 20th of July to 22nd July,
2023 at vimukti premises. In the introductory talk Mr. Udaya kumar,
Azim Premji foundation spoke about endangering the situation of our
Constitution. He said that equality, fraternity, freedom is
delivered by the Constitution which is in threat because of the
stereotyped and closed mindset of the few people. The protection of
our Constitution is the right of all of us. We need to build up our
lives according to the values laid down by our Constitution, he
said. The Spokesperson of the Training Mr. Adviyappa the resource
person who stated that before the drafting of the Indian
Constitution there was a lot of discrimination about the religion
and sects and casteism was very rampant. The life of the common
people was in danger. The human being was not considering human
beings as human person, they were acting like wild beasts. It was
the great reformist, who understood the depth of human values which
everyone needs to follow in their life. Human person be respected as
humans. He dreamed of rooting out from the society the social evils
like casteism, fundamentalism, discrimination based on caste, creed,
religion, language and so on, everyone must enjoy the constitutional
freedom to grow holistically and he became the responsible person to
draft the Indian Constitution. Mr. Krishnappa Gowda the resource
person expressed his feelings that we have completed about 70 years
of enjoying the Independence of India, yet presently the high-class
people want to change the Constitution of India which will endanger
our freedom and equality. He said that we must be motivated to have
a collective stand to protect Our Indian Constitution.
Mr. Mahadeva Huseen the Resource Person explained that the Indian
Constitution guarantees Fundamental Rights to all its citizens like
Right to Equality, Right to Freedom, Right against Exploitation,
Right to Freedom of Religion, Cultural and Educational Rights and
Right to Constitutional Remedies. The Resource Person continued that
Human Rights as enshrined in the Indian Constitution are generally
defined as the rights which every human being is entitled to enjoy
can be found in the Preamble of the Constitution of India. The
sessions were moderated by Mr. Suresh, from Azim Premji foundation
Raichur, and the vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. Jaysheela
Vimukti staff
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