West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday called for protecting the Constitution and upholding the principles enshrined in its preamble on the occasion of the nation's 71st Republic Day.

"On #RepublicDay, let us pledge to protect our #Constitution and uphold the principles of sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic, with justice, liberty, equality and fraternity, as enshrined in the Preamble," Banerjee said in a tweet.

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar stressed on settling all issues as per the Constitution.

"All issues need to be settled as per our Constitution," Dhankhar tweeted.