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State whether the following inferences about the making of the Indian Constitution are Correct or Incorrect. Give reasons to support your answer.
(a) The Constituent Assembly did not represent the Indian people since it was not elected by all citizens.
(b) Constitution making did not involve any major decision since there was a general consensus among the leaders at that time about its basic framework.
(c) There was little originality in the Constitution, for much of it was borrowed from other countries.



Answer -

(a) It is incorrect to say that Constituent Assembly did not represent Indian people
because:

  1. Although the members of Constituent Assembly were not elected by Universal suffrage, but there was a serious attempt to make the Assembly a representative body.
  2. The Constituent Assembly represented the members of all religions, social and economic groups to accommodate all shades of opinion within it.
  3. The Assembly had 26 members even from scheduled castes.
(b) It is correct to say because:

  1. Objective the Resolution containing principles was moved by Nehru in 1946 brought by the nationalist movement.
  2. Constituent Assembly could not have functioned without any background consensus on main principles.
  3. Our constitution does not have only rules and procedures but a moral commitment also to establish a government to fulfill the promises made to peoples.
(c) It is incorrect to say because:

  1. Though they borrowed a number of provisions from Constitutions of different countries but it was not based upon slavish imitations.
  2. Each provision before it was included, well considered by the members of Constituent Assembly.
  3. Long debates and discussions also took place to examine the suitability to the conditions prevailing in India along with problems and aspirations of the people.

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