Ahmedabad, Sep 11 (PTI) Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani took out a rally in Gujarat's Ahmedabad demanding the removal of Bibek Debroy, the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), for his article suggesting embracing a "new Constitution".

The Dalit leader joined the rally taken out by a group of people to protest against Debroy and submitted a memorandum to district collector Praveena D K demanding the EAC-PM chairman's removal and a clarification from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Last month, Debroy authored an article titled, "There is a case for ‘we the people' to embrace a new Constitution", and termed the present Constitution a "colonial legacy".

The memorandum stated that such words are "unbecoming" of the person holding such a post, and it remains a big question as to how he (Debroy) will offer guidance to follow the Constitution when he himself has no faith in it.

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