PM Narendra Modi, FM Arun Jaitley wish citizens on Constitution Day

As Indians marks the Constitution Day on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to "salute the great women and men who gave India a Constitution we are proud of."

The Prime Minister was joined by members of his Cabinet as well as the Opposition leaders who wished the citizens on the occasion marking the day on which the Constitution of India was agreed to by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.

November 26 was was earlier commemorated as the National Law Day, but the government in 2015 decided to celebrate it as Constitution Day.

Wishing the citizens on the occasion, PM Modi tweeted a short video, accompanied by the caption, "On Constitution Day, we salute the great women and men who gave India a Constitution we are proud of."

On Constitution Day, we salute the great women and men who gave India a Constitution we are proud of. pic.twitter.com/koTBZIIgam

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 26 November 2017

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also greeted the nation on the day and tweeted, "#ConstitutionDay greetings to everyone. On this day in 1949 Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly. Let us cherish the core principles of our constitution, remember its framers & rededicate ourselves to the ideals of our constitution on this historic day."

His Cabinet Colleague and Minister of Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani tweeted, "Greetings to everyone on National Constitution Day. We remember Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar & every individual who framed our Constitution. Their contribution towards empowering our democracy is invaluable."

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu also wished the countrymen on the occasion. 

"Let us all gratefully commemorate today, adoption of Constitution of India, Holy Book of every citizen of country. It is a living document which provides fundamental rights to citizens and a balanced separation of powers between executive, judiciary and legislature," he tweeted. 

Let us all gratefully commemorate today, adoption of Constitution of India, Holy Book of every citizen of country. It is a living document which provides fundamental rights to citizens and a balanced separation of powers between executive, judiciary and legislature. pic.twitter.com/KDtycuUdg9

— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) 26 November 2017

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu and Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore were among those who wished the nation on the Constitution Day. 

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah tweeted, "On this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India. Today, I renew my pledge to uphold the Constitution."

Congress leaders Manish Tewari cautioned against losing "Tolerance to bold,daring,outrageous & even provocative creativity."

"On Constitution Day what has happened to the Preambular Value-“Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith & Worship”. Any nation that looses Tolerance to bold,daring,outrageous & even provocative creativity ultimately fossilises intellectually & Socially . We are almost there," he said on Twitter.