Gitanjali Wangchuk: Labeling India secular in the Constitution is redundant
Gitanjali Angmo, wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, described the term secular as a concept borrowed from the West. She argued that describing India as secular in the Constitution is as obvious as stating that water is wet. She noted that the Constitution was inherently secular long before 1976, pointing to Articles 14, 25-28, 29, and 30 as evidence. According to her, inserting the word secular into the Preamble was philosophically unnecessary.