'Anti-national' word first inserted in Constitution during Emergency, not defined in statutes: Govt in LS

Union minister Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the word 'anti-national' is not defined in statutes but was first inserted in the Constitution during the Emergency and subsequently removed a year later.

The word 'anti-national' has not been defined in statutes but was first inserted in the Constitution during the Emergency in 1976 and subsequently removed a year later, Union minister Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Rai said this while replying to a question of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who asked whether the government has defined the meaning of 'anti-national' under any legislation or 11 rules or any other legal enactment that is enforced in the country.