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The opposition's push to keep the Constitution front and centre by asking for the 'sengol', a sceptre kept next to the Speaker's chair in the Lok Sabha, to be replaced by a copy of the text has led to a strong pushback by the government, which has accused the INDIA alliance of disrespecting the baton and what it symbolises. Reacting to Samajwadi Party MP RK Chaudhary writing to Speaker Om Birla and asking for the 'sengol' to be replaced by a copy of the Constitution, junior Parliamentary Affairs Minister L Murugan said on Thursday that the sceptre is the pride of every Tamilian.