Constitution preamble on hotel door; Twitterati sees CAA link

A well-kwn hotel has pasted a text from Preamble to Constitution on its glass door near reception area, prompting some social media users to link it with Citizenship Amendment Act.

However, hotel on Monday clarified that its act of posting text from preamble on its door has got thing to do with new citizenship law and said it was put up three-four months back, before CAA came into existence. While entering reception area of ' House of Mangaldas Girdhardas' or ' House of MG', a herit hotel located in Lal Darwaja area of old Ahmedabad city, one can read an excerpt from preamble on its glass door.

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text prominently reads ' Constitution of India' on top, followed by famed preamble saying 'We people of India...' pasted all over glass door in a subtle yet stylish manner. hotel also houses a restaurant named 'Agashiye', which literally means 'on terrace'.

A Twitter user named Sukhada on Sunday shared a photo of hotel's door, saying "One of my favorite places to eat at Ahmedabad has this on ir front door. Lots of love, Agashiye and House of MG". Though person did t link it with CAA protests, some or Twitter users enquired if text was re earlier. One user said: "CAA has made us respect Preamble more."

On last count, Sukhada's tweet generated 101 re-tweets and 588 likes. palatial property in heart of city is mand by hotelier Abhay Mangaldas. According to hotel manment, design on its door was conceived well before Citizenship Amendment Act was passed in Parliament last month.

"Since glass door near reception was transparent, visitors were getting injured as y could tsee it. Thus, our sir (Abhay) decided to paste something on glass to make it visible," hotel's social media manr Moumita Ghosh said.

"Around six months back, he came up with idea of pasting Preamble to Constitution on door," she said. Ghosh said Abhay Mangaldas came up with idea as he had seen a similar design on a door somewhere else. " designing of door took some time. new glass door with preamble was finally put up three to four months back, well before CAA came into existence. This design on door has thing to do with CAA," she added.

redesigned door caught attention of social media users after some of m felt preamble was put up by hotel manment as a mark of protest against CAA. Abhay Mangaldas could t be contacted for comments. 'Agashiye' is same restaurant where Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a dinner for his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in 2017.

Last year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also relished Gujarati food re with local party leaders. tably, at some places people protesting against CAA have been reading out preamble to voice ir opposition against new citizenship law.

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