Sarma, who met with the Governor in Guwahati, expressed his admiration for Bose’s actions during their conversation. He later shared a brief video of the meeting on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), where he pointed the significance of Bose's role in defending constitutional values. 

Around 20 centimetres in length and nine centimetres in breadth, the leather-bound copy of the Constitution, held up before crowds frequently by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the Lok Sabha elections, has a deep Lucknow connection - and is reportedly now much in demand.

Congress leaders right from the party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Rahul Gandhi, general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and others have been continuously raking up the issue and quoting some of the BJP leaders having said that the party needs 400+ seats in the Lok Sabha to change the constitution. 

"After Anant Hegde let the cat out of the bag, BJP leaders hastily stuffed it back in and dropped him from their candidate list. Now another BJP candidate openly says the BJP aims to change the Constitution," Tharoor said on X.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in a significant announcement on Thursday, reiterated the central government's commitment to ensuring a seamless rollout of the new criminal laws under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.