Dr B R Ambedkar prescribes three rules to sustain the democracy, in his last speech in the Constituent Assembly on 25th November 1949
Before India became Independent, the Constituent Assembly was formed on 9th December 1946. India...
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Before India became Independent, the Constituent Assembly was formed on 9th December 1946. India became Independent on 15th August 1947. The Constituent Assembly presided over by Dr Rajendra Prasad sat for 165 days in 11 sessions.
A drafting Committee was formed under the Chairmanship of Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar on 29th August 1947 to draft Indian Constitution. This Committee sat for 141 days before finalising the draft Constitution.
The draft Constitution was adopted by Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949. On the previous day, i.e. on 25th November 1949, Dr B R Ambedkar made a historic and inspiring speech in the Constituent Assembly presenting the draft Constitution for adoption. That was his last speech in the Constituent Assembly. 26th November has been declared as 'Constitution Day' by the present Government.
During his speech, he emphasizes three important concerns to sustain the democracy a successful one:
1. Abandon unconstitutional methods such as Satyagraha, Civil Disobedience, etc and follow constitutional methods;
2. Never lay on the feet of any great man (esp. in India ) – Hero worship to be avoided;
3. Not to be content with mere Political Democracy. i.e, Equality, Liberty and Fraternity should be seen altogether.
I am always of the opinion that Dr Ambedkar should have been made as the first Prime Minister of India, He was a great visionary and he introduced many innovative schmes to benefit the people, when he was the Minister in British Government, before Independence. Unfortunately, the man who was the architect of the Indian Constitution was defeated in the First General Elections and the subsequent bye-poll. He was made a member of Rajya Sabha MP with the support of his well wishers and admirers.
Please listen to his full text of the speech in the following link.
Please listen to his speech (Original audio – redirected by Shyam Benegal – Published by Rajya Sabha TV)
