"We accept a constitution made more than 50 years ago" Why?Give three reasons.
- The constitution does not reflect the views of its members alone .It expresses a broad consensus of its time.
- The second reason for accepting the constitution is that the constituent assembly represented the people of india.
- The assembly was dominated by the indian national congress, the party that led indias freedom struggle.
- The assembly represented the members from different language, castes, religions, classes and occupations.
- The constituent assembly worked in a systematic, open and consensual manner which gives the sancity to the constitution.
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ii) Over the last half a century, several groups have questioned some provisions of the Constitution. But no large social group or political party has ever questioned the legitimacy of the Constitution itself.
iii) The second reason for accepting the Constitution is that the Constituent Assembly represented the people of India. There was no universal adult franchise at that time. So the Constituent Assembly could not have been chosen directly by all the people of India. It was elected mainly by the members of the existing Provincial Legislatures. This ensured fair geographical share of members from all the regions of the country
iv) The Assembly represented members from different language groups, castes, classes, religions and occupations. Even if the Constituent Assembly was elected by universal adult franchise, its composition would not have been very different.
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2-Over the last half a century,several groups have not questioned the legitimacy of the constitution itself.this is an unusual achievement for any constitution.
3-The Constitution of India represented the people of India.
4-The Assembly was dominated by the Indian National Congress ,the party that led India's freedom struggle.but the Congress itself included different people of different political groups and opinions.some of the people did not agree with the Constitution.
5-In social terms too,the Assembly represented members from different language groups ,castes,classes,religions and occupations.
6-the Constituent Assembly worked in a systematic,open and consensual manner.
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- Over the last half century several groups have not questioned the legitimacy of the constitution itself. It is an unusual achievement for the constitution.
- The constitution of India represents the people of India.
- The assembly was dominated by congress men, the party that led Indian freedom struggle. But congress itself included people with different thoughts and opinions.
- In social terms to the assembly included people from different groups, castes, classes, religion and occupation.
- The assembly worked in a systematic, open and consensual manner.
- Reservation was thought to be eradicated within few years of constitutional independence. Whereas it has increased ever since.
- The laws are often violated they need to be made stricter.
- Most of the poor people are getting poorer and rich richer. There needs to be a balance made by the government in this economic difference.
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1) the constituent assembly represent the people. it is not elected by the people but it has so many people of different cast, language, region, gender and so on. so they have different idea. so the assembly represent the people of our country
2) the constituent assembly work in a systamatic manner, open and consensual manner
3) the consituent assembly assembly which drafted our constitution does not reflect the views of the members but the whole country.
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- The constitution does not reflect the views of its members alone .It expresses a broad consensus of its time.
- The second reason for accepting the constitution is that the constituent assembly represented the people of india.
- The assembly was dominated by the indian national congress, the party that led indias freedom struggle.
- The assembly represented the members from different language, castes, religions, classes and occupations.
- The constituent assembly worked in a systematic, open and consensual manner which gives the sancity to the constitution.
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The Constitution does not reflect the views of its members alone. It expresses a broad consensus of its time. Many countries of the world have had to rewrite their Constitution afresh because the basic rules were not accepted by all major social groups or political parties.
Over the last half a century, several groups have questioned some provisions of the Constitution. But no large social group or political party has ever questioned the legitimacy of the Constitution itself. This is an unusual achievement for any constitution. The second reason for accepting the Constitution is that the Constituent Assembly represented the people of India. There was no universal adult franchise at that time. So, the Constituent Assembly could not have been chosen directly by all the people of India.
The way in which the Constituent Assembly worked gives sanctity to the Constitution. The Constituent Assembly worked in a systematic, open, and consensual manner. First, some basic principles were decided and agreed upon. Then a Drafting Committee chaired by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar prepared a draft constitution for discussion. Several rounds of thorough discussion took place on the Draft Constitution, clause by clause. More than two thousand amendments were considered.
Every document presented, and every word spoken in the Constituent Assembly has been recorded and preserved. These are called ‘Constituent Assembly Debates’. These debates provide the rationale behind every provision of the Constitution. These are used to interpret the meaning of the Constitution.
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