New Delhi, June 28 -- Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday delivered a poignant critique of the changes made to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution during the Emergency period in 1975, describing it as a betrayal of the document's "Soul" and the vision of its framers.

Speaking at an event at the Vice-President's Enclave, marking the presentation of the first copy of 'Ambedkar's Messages' compiled by author and former Karnataka MLC DS Veeraiah, Dhankhar emphasised that a preamble of a constitution was "not changeable" or "not alterbale" as was the base on which the constitution would grow.

He claimed that, except for India, no other Preamble of any other constitution has undergone any change, referring to the changes made by t...