BENGALURU, 25 JAN

Karnataka government on Thursday said it is organising a statewide 'Constitution Awareness Jatha' (mass awareness) from 26 January to 23 February, to mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of Indian Constitution.

A Constitution Workshop and Expo will also be organised on 24 and 25 February morning, and a mega Constitution Awareness Convention on 25 February evening, it said.  Social Welfare Department is organising the events in collaboration with other departments, State PSUs and NGOs. Already, Rs 18 crore has been approved for the purpose and each district has been released Rs 25 lakh, the government said in a statement. The government is creating mass awareness to reaffirm the power of the Indian constitution through this “constitution and Unity of India” programme, it added.

The Constitution Awareness Jatha would be organised in all the 31 districts. The jatha will have a LED mobile van that will play the multimedia on the essence of Constitution, how it has been prepared and adopted. The LED van will be followed by 4-5 more tableaus which depict contents related to the Constitution and other connected things specific to the districts.

During the jatha, the officials will also verify those citizens who are not covered in the State government's guarantee programmes and who could be otherwise eligible, it said. The jatha will have local halts, where cultural troupes will perform and there will be participation from the college students, workers, farmers and Self Help Groups. The jatha will be flagged off by the District Incharge Ministers on 26 January.

The second part of the programme is a workshop and expo, intellectual discourse and discussion by experts on many facets of the Constitution. It will be done at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on 24 and 25 February. Concurrently there will be an expo on Constitutional values and science and Technology by KREIS (Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society) and other organisations.

This is jointly organised and curated by National Law School of India University, Institute of Social and Economic Change and Karnataka Law University. These institutions would be collaborating with other institutions and NGOs in organising the round table. The third part is a mega convention on Constitution awareness on 25 February at Palace Grounds where the public from all walks of life will gather.