New Delhi, Jan. 28 : Minutes after declaring that the Constitution's basic features will not be tampered with, law minister Ram Jethmalani said expressions like ''socialism and secularism'' in the Preamble should be examined in a ''different'' light. The concept of ''socialism'', the minister said, needed re-examination as it had ''failed utterly''. ''Likewise, even the expression 'secularism' should be seen in its correct perspective. For example, if a religious preaching says 'go forth and multiply', it should be banned as population control is the aim of the Republic,'' Jethmalani said. ''This,'' he added, ''is the correct perspective of true secularism.'' Elaborating, Jethmalani said: ''Your religion shall not come in the way of the politics and economy of the Republic. Religious dogmas should be submissive to the rule of the Republic. If some doctrines of certain religions are inconsistent with the policies of the Republic, they shall be rendered redundant.'' ''If a religion preaches its followers to bring more children to this earth, then it should be banned as it is against the Republic's policy of birth control. Birth control is the policy of the Republic,'' he added. The minister called for ''uniform justice'' instead of a uniform civil code. ''How can we tell a Hindu to marry under nikah and a Muslim under saptapadi? Let them practice their respective religions, but let justice be uniform,'' he said. Branding socialism an utter failure, Jethmalani said: ''There is a class of people opposed to it as, after all, it relates to the mode of acquiring wealth and its distribution. In a modern world, there is an argument that socialism has no place. So why then should we not re-examine such expressions in our Constitution.'' According to the minister, the Constitution can be changed in three situations: Where there is a severe lacuna in the statute. When it is misinterpreted. When a part of the Constitution based on philosophy is abandoned by the people. Socialism, Jethmalani believes, falls under the last category. Home minister L.K. Advani, too, sought to justify the proposed move, saying the statute needed to be rejuvenated after 50 years. Advani pointed to Centre-state relations and the electoral system as the two areas that needed restructuring. ''At present, chief ministers have to come to Delhi every few months. At the time the Constitution was drawn up, no one had envisaged such development and the states have meagre resources,'' the home minister said. Like Jethmalani, Advani also tossed aside apprehensions that the BJP would tailor the Constitution according to its ideology. He said the Supreme Court had already warned against altering the statute's fundamental tenets.