A video featuring PM Modi addressing a public gathering about the constitution is circulating on social media (here, here, and here) with a claim that he said, “I will replace the old constitution with one based on Manusmriti, which not even Baba Saheb Ambedkar himself could abolish.” Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: PM Modi stated, “I will change the old constitution to make a constitution with Manusmriti which even Baba Saheb Ambedkar himself cannot end.”
Fact: In the original video, Modi stated “Concerning the Constitution, you should accept it, and mark these words of Modi, even if Babasaheb Ambedkar himself were to appear, he wouldn’t be able to annul the Constitution. Our Constitution is the Geeta, Ramayana, Bible, and Quran for the government.” Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On performing a reverse image search using the keyframes of the video, we found media articles featuring an image of PM Modi in the same attire (here and here) discussing this speech. We discovered that Modi delivered this speech at an election rally in Rajasthan’s Barmer on 12 April 2024. Furthermore, contrary to the claim made in the viral post, media reports indicated that Modi stated that the Constitution is everything to the government, and even Babasaheb Ambedkar cannot abolish it.
Upon further research, we located the full video of the speech on PM Modi’s official YouTube channel. In it, PM Modi stated, “Regarding the Constitution, you should accept it, and take note of these words of Modi, even if Babasaheb Ambedkar himself were to appear, he wouldn’t be able to abolish the Constitution. Our Constitution is akin to the Geeta, Ramayana, Bible, and Quran for the (BJP) government.” Following this statement, he proceeded to criticize the INDIA alliance and the Congress manifesto. The video was edited from the time frame 34:28 to 34:46 and then shared.
To sum up, PM Modi did not mention implementing Manusmriti by changing the Constitution.
