Lies Myths & Ambedkar

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EDITOR:  NAGARAJA.M.R  .. ..   VOL.20  .. ISSUE.102……..22/12/2024

We equally respect all human beings irrespective of their caste,  religion. We equally respect our leaders gandhi , nehru , ambedkar , subhashchandra Bose and others. 

Ambedkar's constitution violates human rights. It must be amended to protect human rights of all.

Religion without equality , humanity is waste. Constitution without equality & humanity is a waste. Humanity is above all.  Constitution is not a static document according to times , to uphold humanity  it must be amended suitably. Country belongs to all not just dalits & muslims.

Nobody is great , all are equal. No upper caste is great , superior nor  dalits are great , superior. Nor muslims are great , superior . All religions , castes are equal.  Ambedkar , Gandhi,  nehru , common man all are equal. Respect all people and all religions,  castes .  Humanity is greater than constitution & religions , castes. Be a human.

We respect all , all castes & all religions. We are all same human beings and  go to same earth in the end. But that respect must be reciprocated by all to each other. Replace Caste hatred with mutual respect.  

Ambedkar & Periyar against  India's  Independence  ?

https://e-inquirer.blogspot.com/2024/08/ambedkar-periyar-against-independence.html  

Read facts  : 

Worshipping  False Gods

https://harpercollins.co.in/product/worshipping-false-gods 

Lies , Myths about Ambedkar

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar was a highly  educated gentleman , he was a straight forward person but not a liar.   Since 1980s to secure  dalit votes  , our politicians and few dalit leaders are spreading following lies , myths about ambedkar.

Our politicians and society are propagating following myths to appease dalits.

Myths about Ambedkar  &  Dalits

Ambedkar’  constitution 

Fact : Constitution draft is a team work of seven members including ambedkar all of them are legal scholars. Not by ambedkar alone.

Ambedkar was a freedom fighter. 

Fact : Ambedkar was a great civil rights activist who struggled for dalit rights. Other freedom fighters were struggling for Independence  to all indians encompassing all religions & castes. While other  freedom fighters were fighting for independence , suffering police torture in jails , ambedkar was working as a minister in british viceroy's  privy council.

Rights are given by ambedkar. 

Fact : every human  being automatically has human rights by virtue of his birth. Our constitution has reaffirmed those human rights by the name of fundamental  rights.

Only dalits  have rights and must be protected.  

Fact : all indian citizens have equal rights and all  must be protected.

Reservation benefit  is only for dalits.  

Fact :  Any indian citizen who is struggling to get educated , employed  due financial status , social status must get government support. Reservation benefit is given from tax payer's money - dalit tax payer , vokkaliga tax payer , muslim tax payer , christian , lingayath , brahmin , other tax payers. One enjoys reservation benefit from other caste tax payer's money but hate the same caste people. It is wrong.

Only atrocities against dalits are crimes. 

Fact : police , government take suo motto  action at lightning speed  when dalit atrocities,  atrocities against muslims are reported. No action when other hindu people suffer atrocities at the hands of muslims and dalits. See social media how dalits and muslims scold hindus , brahmins. No action by police & government against such guilty dalits & muslims. It is failure of duties by police & government. It is a shame and proves the culture of such criminals.

Reservation is perfect solution for correcting social inequality.  

Fact : it is a crime , it is violation of human rights of equality , equitable justice ,  equal opportunity. Caste identities of all indians must be eradicated from government  transactions  , societal transactions. Society must evolve , mature. However beneficiaries are addicted to Reservation benefits  such that even after conversion to other religions , they hang on to their old caste identities. Present reservation policy is creating caste divisions , caste conflicts , violence in india.

All dalit atrocities are by brahmins. 

Fact: more than 95% of dalit atrocities are committed by non brahmins as per government crime records. In turn dalit groups  are also involved in atrocities , violence against other caste people.

Reservation  paves the way for social justice , equitable fair society. 

Fact : it has failed. Since Independence  reservation is in force for 77 years. From group D to Group A posts are filled as per reservation policy. See corruption in police stations , government hospitals , RTO offices , sub registrar offices , officials selected on the basis of social justice don't respect social justice don't  provide justice to public , don't  do their duties properly. In the matter of corruption officials belonging all castes and religions  are hand in gloves with each other. Only honest few are left in government  service. See India's  ranking in corruption index. It is worse.

Since 3000 years brahmins solely persecuted  dalits. 

Fact : since 3000 years till date population of  brahmins is less than 5% of total population. Remaining  95% of population, non brahmins  were land owners , rich , physically strong , they were village chieftains  , temple management heads , kings , military chieftains - they were running society , kingdoms , temples as per their own rules in all aspects. Do such 95%  strong people bow their heads before weak 5% brahmins ?  In fact brahmins took orders from kings , village chieftains  , temple management  heads and carried out the instructions of those kings , village heads. Now brahmins are made scape goats for crimes committed by others. 

Partly brahmins are also guilty , as they were accomplices of perpetrators , master minds of atrocities. Society is flagging accomplice leaving aside master minds , main accused. Hatred for Brahmins was started by Christian missionaries  and carried forward today for political gains.

All forward caste people  , brahmins are rich and doesn't need government support.

Fact : there are many poor people in forward castes including brahmins, who cannot afford a single meal a day , cannot afford their children's education,  cannot afford medical treatment in hospitals. Many brahmins are working as sweepers in  sulabh shouchalayas , public toilets. Whereas in reserved community families one or two members are in government service earning more than a lakh rupees per month , still they enjoy government support.

All reserved communities , dalits are innocents and suffer violence , torture.

 Fact : dalits themselves  mete out atrocities on other sub castes of dalits. Right hand dalits  treat  left hand dalits , sweepers as inferiors. They don't make matrimonial relationships with them. They cannot live as their neighbours. There are separate colonies for left hand dalits and right hand dalits.  Few years back dalit leader mantelingaiah was sentenced to jail for murdering an old dalit woman. 

 

Dalit atrocities against dalits see following video : 

View following video and articles.

https://fb.watch/nXtRoajXCF/?mibextid=dSAeCa  ,

https://www.prajavani.net/district/ramanagara/fir-on-writer-prakash-manteda-on-spoiling-communal-harmony-allegations-2543646 

Dalits are innocents and suffer alround atrocities.

 Fact : more than 50 % of dalit atrocity cases are fake and accordingly disposed off by courts of law. 

Note : there are good , honest people as well as bad people , criminals in all castes and communities. There are rich as well as poor people in all castes and communities. You cannot  generalise. We must respect all and government must support poor  from all castes & communities. 

RTI  request to  CPIO  Ministry of Home Affairs  GOI  New Delhi

Ref : RTI no. MHOME/R/E/24/01003

We respect every human being equally irrespective of caste, religion , region , skin colour , gender , etc. All of us have human rights of equality by virtue of our birth. 

No government,  no Constitution  , no ambedkar,  nobody can take away those human rights. Those who violate our human rights are criminals.

Dalits faced caste discrimination is true. They need government support for their upliftment  good , needed. But not at the cost of others. 

Our Constitution,  government is feeding a dalit child by snatching away meal plate from General merit child. GM child is going hungry. Caste discrimination is bad , punishable. But what about reverse discrimination,  punishment ?

Please give us information regarding following :

Details of protests , satyagrahas , marches  Dr.B.R.Ambedkar  participated during India's freedom struggle , details of his incarceration if at all.

Details of dalits who participated in india's freedom struggle. Give us number of dalit freedom fighters and number of dalit population at that time.

Details of  british government service done by dr.b.r.ambedkar.

Details of action taken by government of india , government of maharashtra and Union law minister at that time dr.b.r.ambedkar  regarding mass murder of brahmins , brahmins holocaust in maharashtra after assassination of mahatma Gandhi in 1948.

Calling a dalit by caste name, making casteist comments  is a criminal offence and offender is punished. In the same way dalits call brahmins and others by caste slur , make casteist comments against  brahmins and others , details of action taken  against such dalits. See the tweets , replies of following dalit  twitter handles and respond

@DalitWithIphone

@BeingVidhya

@_amitbehere

@lokeshbag67

@AAPEyes

@ambedkariteIND

@BeingVidhya

@BhanuNand

@BhimArmyChief

@CasteTraitor

@DalitWithIphone

@redhead47617292

@ambedkariteIND

@thaiyaan

@thewarriorpoet7

Caste discrimination of  dalit  is a crime , details of action taken regarding reverse caste discrimination of brahmins and others by dalits , government.

Details of  action taken against criminal dalits who made fake sc st atrocity cases against innocents.

Details of action taken against dalit thugs  shown in the websites about dalit crimes mentioned at bottom of the page.

Details of action taken against late E.V.Ramasamy  alias periyar for his casteist slur , atrocities against brahmins and others.

Details of action taken against tamil nadu minister  udhayanidhi stalin , dmk spokes person rajiv gandhi , karnataka ministers Priyanka kharge , parameshwar  for their casteist slur , comments against hindus.

Details of action taken against dmk party personnel , mlas , mps ministers  who aided , sponsored tamil terrorists in srilanka.

In sc st atrocity cases , victims receive compensation from government. In fake atrocity cases does  the innocent who was framed by dalit get equal amount of compensation.

In india in every nook and corner there is either bust , statue , photo of ambedkar , many roads , land Mark's named after him. His birthday is a government holiday and officially celebrated by government. All these at tax payer's expense. Fine. There are numerous other freedom fighters who sacrificed more for the country than ambedkar like subhash chandra bose , bhagath singh , sardar Patel, maulana azad , lala Lajpat rai , etc. But no government holidays for their birth days , comparatively their celebrations are not grand , naming roads , land Mark's in their names is less , statues , busts , photos of  them are quite less in number than Ambedkar's. Give us details of criteria , parameters  followed by government for declaring holiday , naming land Mark's,  erecting statues , etc. Reasons for disparity.

Websites about dalit crimes :

All dalits are not oppressed , innocents as portrayed in the movies , tv  serials and media. There are few good human beings among dalits. Also there are criminals ,  rowdies among dalits. Dalit rowdies  oppress others ,  there are corrupt dalit  officials.   Please see the following  websites  and take action against dalit criminals.

https://e-inquirer.blogspot.com/2024/12/crimes-by-dalits.html?m=1 

View :

Hate Speech , abuse by Dalit  Rowdy

Mr.Chief minister & Mr. Home  Minister of Karnataka  take legal action  against dalit rowdy in following  video and prove law is same for all.  If no action taken  it  proves  our constitution,  law enforcement  is biased.

https://x.com/FollowAkshay1/status/1865740803227713673?t=e7GK7anYkOgalmcpZ_TOgw&s=19   

Crimes by Dalits

https://e-inquirer.blogspot.com/2024/12/crimes-by-dalits.html?m=1 

Constitution of India - Biggest Violator of Human Rights

Constitution must be amended

Our british colonisers had criminal motive to subjugate natives therefore they framed & enforced laws which favoured ruling class.

Britishers devised cunning laws to divide unity of our mother land , formulated divide & rule policy favouring muslims , Christians and dalits while oppressing other hindu castes. They sowed the seeds of discontent. In the same way britishers enforced divide & rule policy in south east asia , Palestine,  etc. 

At the dawn of Independence,  we should have formulated equitable laws for ourselves. Author of our constitution borrowed many unjust british era laws and inserted it in new constitution.

 Thereby  the criminal motive of  divide & rule continues till date in our government  & society.

Every human being  gets human rights by birth. It is not given by ambedkar , constitution  or religion. Nobody , no ambedkar , no government  has authority to violate human rights of others. Look at unjust , biased laws in constitution it favours  few caste , religion and oppresses others.

Is it not the duty of government to redress sufferings of all castes , religions ?  Does constitution  and government  think only dalits , muslims have rights not others ?

Constitution,  law  must  treat all citizens , humans as equals. Ideally  law  must help all  oppressed people   irrespective of caste or  religion.

Violation of human rights is a crime. Person violating  human rights of others is a  CRIMINAL. Constitution of india violates human rights , therefore the persons, authors who wrote laws violative of people's human rights  are criminals and  persons who legislated , approved such violative laws in parliament are also  CRIMINALS. Who will legally prosecute them ? Who will bell the cat ?

Constitution of India written by ambedkar is unjust and enforces iniquity. It favours few castes , religions like dalit , muslims. We respect noble ideals of constitution  but oppose  inhuman , unjust , inequitable laws in it.

Ambedkar's constitution  enforces many inequalities like different rules for religious places of different religions , Different property laws for different religions , different marriage laws , lack of accountability for MPs MLAs ministers,  lack of police accountability , misuse of dalit atrocity act , etc. 

Ambedkar's constitution violates human rights. It must be amended to protect human rights of all.

Religion without equality , humanity is waste. Constitution without equality & humanity is a waste. Humanity is above all.  Constitution is not a static document according to times , to uphold humanity  it must be amended suitably. Country belongs to all not just dalits & muslims.

Nobody is great , all are equal. Ambedkar , Gandhi,  nehru , common man all are equal. Respect all people and all religions,  castes .  Humanity is greater than constitution & religions , castes. Be a human.

Shameful part  is even after 77 years of Independence,  we have failed to stop practice of untouchability. Till date poor dalits without any clout , influence are suffering. On the other side dalits with influential connections are making ultimate use of reservation but not helping fellow poor dalits. Some of those rich dalits are committing crimes , atrocities against poor belonging to other castes. It is same with muslims. 

In all castes , religions there are good , poor , innocent people at one end on the other there are rich , cunning criminals. Nobody should  generalise a caste , religion as good or bad.

We respect all , all castes & all religions. We are all same human beings and  go to same earth in the end. But that respect must be reciprocated by all to each other. Replace Caste hatred with mutual respect.  

Ideals of our Constitution are noble , good. To protect , uphold those ideals , to support , aid poor , oppressed in all castes & religions , to protect  HUMAN RIGHTS of  all  - unjust british era laws, divide & rule laws  in our constitution must be amended.

Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.

Editorial  : Failed Constitution of India

Out of the 763 Sitting MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, a staggering 306 (40%) have declared criminal cases against themselves such as charges of murder and crimes against women, as per the latest ADR report.

More than half of Karnataka’s newly elected legislators have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to non-profits Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). 

This year, 58% of the Congress’ winners, 52% of the BJP’s and 19% from the JDS have a criminal background. In the serious crimes category, 40 candidates from the Congress, 23 from the BJP and seven from the JDS are facing charges. One winning candidate is facing murder charges, seven have declared cases related to crimes against women, and one is facing rape charges.

Please read the Vohra Committee Report on criminal nexus of corrupt politicians , ministers , bureaucrats,  police and Criminals  running parallel government in India. Action taken , nil.

Read Karnataka Lokayukta  Honourable  Justice  Santosh Hegde's Report  about mining mafia in Karnataka. Action taken  , nil. 

       At the cusp of  Independence,  people aspired for independence from british foreign power , Independence from hold of rich , powers that be over poor , Independence from caste identities,  caste hierarchies.

       During  drafting and adoption of Contitution of India itself we have failed in all counts.

Although british left our country more than 50% of laws of british era were copied into our Constitution  which  were in favour of  rulers not subjects.

Opinion of general public was not taken , while drafting Constitution nor during ratification. Drafters thought they are super brains in the world and ratification done by members who were not directly elected by 100%  indian citizens.

Even after 77     years of India's Independence  caste system is prevalent in government and society. Government  asks for caste of person in all it's transactions , government identifies citizens by caste. Even the oppressed class people who speak against caste identity cling on  to it for the sake of government freebies even after their conversion to other religions.

Now government itself is the oppressor. It is oppressing forward caste , brahmins. Feeding a hungry person is good deed but feeding a hungry by snatching full food from the meal plate of another hungry man is a crime. Therefore  Reservation policy of government is a crime and human rights violation.

Regarding accountability of public servants , MPs , MLAs , laws are in the favour of  powers that be. A common man don't get justice in time or justice at all. It is not fair , level field.

There are different set of property laws , marriage laws for different castes and religions.

Muslim man going to his holy place mecca gets government support  while hindu going to kashi  , Christian , jews going to  Israel, etc  don't get  government support.

Public donations made to hindu temples are taken by government. While public donations made to mosques , churches are not even touched by government paradoxically  government itself gives grants to mosques , churches.

Families of muslim or dalit man murdered in clashes get lakhs of rupees government compensation while a hindu man murdered in clash gets government compensation of few thousand  if he happens to be a forward caste , brahmin no compensation  at all.

After 77     years of Independence  , now from group D to group A posts 95% of all posts and 95 % of MP , MLAs  are all filled with non brahmins as per Reservation policy. Look at   corruption index of india. Corruption in RTO office , police station , sub registrar office  , government hospital , etc is rampant. 

Ideally a just society should have descended  as all these are selected as per social justice norms. But failed as social justice laws have failed to correct root cause. Since 3000 years till date  95% of ruling class - kings , MPs , MLAs ,  , village chieftains  , temple management heads  are all non brahmins. They made rules , enforced it as per their will & wish. Look at statistics of dalit atrocities post Independence  95% of dalit atrocities are committed by non brahmins. 

Government  is consistently  overlooking  real Perpetrators  and In line with british era christian missionaries  brahmins are made as scape goats for all dalit atrocities and government has formulated laws to persecute brahmins alone. That is the reason dalit atrocities are continuing till date and will continue for thousands of years as per existing laws.

If a brahmin makes a casteist remark against a dalit or non brahmin it is a big crime and he is prosecuted. However when a dalit or non brahmin makes casteist remark against a brahmin , assaults a brahmin , murders a brahmin  it is not a crime , not an issue at all for government.

When a common man is accused of a murder he is easily legally prosecuted. However when a police officer makes a cold blooded murder of a suspect in lock up by third degree torture , procedures for legal prosecution of police officer are tough as they are in favour of  police themselves.

When an office attender or clerk in a government office is accused of corruption  he is easily prosecuted. While a minister , MP , MLA , Judge  is accused of corruption it is hard to legally prosecute him as laws are in minister , Judge , MP , MLA's favour.

 Equality ,Equal Opportunity  , Equitable  Justice  , Fundamental rights, Preamble of Constitution of India are all only in letters  NOT in spirit or practice.  Constitutional drafters themselves devised laws to circumvent them. Present day rulers are also doing the same.

We Indians respect  salute  the preamble of Constitution  of India but not the  unjust laws  creeped into Constitution.

We  demand government to safeguard fundamental rights of all indians not few favoured castes , communities  alone.

Now all government records are aadhar linked , property , vehicles , salary , bank accounts are linked. Government can conduct real time caste census and get real time data of all people , arrive at decisions who are actually forward castes and who are backward , who are rich and who are not. Based on this government can bring out laws to uplift needy.

We demand government to enable all indians to perform their Fundamental Duties without any  hindrance. 

The noble objectives stated in our Constitution preamble  , fundamental rights are good but demand amendments to many unjust laws in our statute book.

Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.

With regards

Nagaraja M R

Caste Hatred & Independence

All human beings in our country are equals nobody is superior not inferior. All human beings must be equally respected.

Our politicians and society are propagating following myths to appease dalits.

Myths about Ambedkar  &  Dalits

Ambedkar’  constitution 

Fact : Constitution draft is a team work of seven members including ambedkar all of them are legal scholars. Not by ambedkar alone.

Ambedkar was a freedom fighter. 

Fact : Ambedkar was a great civil rights activist who struggled for dalit rights. Other freedom fighters were struggling for Independence  to all indians encompassing all religions & castes. While other  freedom fighters were fighting for independence , suffering police torture in jails , ambedkar was working as a minister in british viceroy's  privy council.

Rights are given by ambedkar. 

Fact : every human  being automatically has human rights by virtue of his birth. Our constitution has reaffirmed those human rights by the name of fundamental  rights.

Only dalits  have rights and must be protected.  

Fact : all indian citizens have equal rights and all  must be protected.

Fact : all indian citizens have equal rights and all  must be protected.

Reservation benefit  is only for dalits.  

Fact :  Any indian citizen who is struggling to get educated , employed  due financial status , social status must get government support. Reservation benefit is given from tax payer's money - dalit tax payer , vokkaliga tax payer , muslim tax payer , christian , lingayath , brahmin , other tax payers. One enjoys reservation benefit from other caste tax payer's money but hate the same caste people. It is wrong.

Only atrocities against dalits are crimes. 

Fact : police , government take suo motto  action at lightning speed  when dalit atrocities,  atrocities against muslims are reported. No action when other hindu people suffer atrocities at the hands of muslims and dalits. See social media how dalits and muslims scold hindus , brahmins. No action by police & government against such guilty dalits & muslims. It is failure of duties by police & government. It is a shame and proves the culture of such criminals.

Reservation is perfect solution for correcting social inequality.  

Fact : it is a crime , it is violation of human rights of equality , equitable justice ,  equal opportunity. Caste identities of all indians must be eradicated from government  transactions  , societal transactions. Society must evolve , mature. However beneficiaries are addicted to Reservation benefits  such that even after conversion to other religions , they hang on to their old caste identities. Present reservation policy is creating caste divisions , caste conflicts , violence in india.

.

All dalit atrocities are by brahmins. 

Fact: more than 95% of dalit atrocities are committed by non brahmins as per government crime records. In turn dalit groups  are also involved in atrocities , violence against other caste people.

Reservation  paves the way for social justice , equitable fair society. 

Fact : it has failed. Since Independence  reservation is in force for 77 years. From group D to Group A posts are filled as per reservation policy. See corruption in police stations , government hospitals , RTO offices , sub registrar offices , officials selected on the basis of social justice don't respect social justice don't  provide justice to public , don't  do their duties properly. In the matter of corruption officials belonging all castes and religions  are hand in gloves with each other. Only honest few are left in government  service. See India's  ranking in corruption index. It is worse.

Since 3000 years brahmins solely persecuted  dalits. 

Fact : since 3000 years till date population of  brahmins is less than 5% of total population. Remaining  95% of population, non brahmins  were land owners , rich , physically strong , they were village chieftains  , temple management heads , kings , military chieftains - they were running society , kingdoms , temples as per their own rules in all aspects. Do such 95%  strong people bow their heads before weak 5% brahmins ?  In fact brahmins took orders from kings , village chieftains  , temple management  heads and carried out the instructions of those kings , village heads. Now brahmins are made scape goats for crimes committed by others. 

Partly brahmins are also guilty , as they were accomplices of perpetrators , master minds of atrocities. Society is flagging accomplice leaving aside master minds , main accused. Hatred for Brahmins was started by Christian missionaries  and carried forward today for political gains.

All forward caste people  , brahmins are rich and doesn't need government support.

Fact : there are many poor people in forward castes including brahmins, who cannot afford a single meal a day , cannot afford their children's education,  cannot afford medical treatment in hospitals. Many brahmins are working as sweepers in  sulabh shouchalayas , public toilets. Whereas in reserved community families one or two members are in government service earning more than a lakh rupees per month , still they enjoy government support.

All reserved communities , dalits are innocents and suffer violence , torture.

 Fact : dalits themselves  mete out atrocities on other sub castes of dalits. Right hand dalits  treat  left hand dalits , sweepers as inferiors. They don't make matrimonial relationships with them. They cannot live as their neighbours. There are separate colonies for left hand dalits and right hand dalits.  Few years back dalit leader mantelingaiah was sentenced to jail for murdering an old dalit woman. 

 

Dalit atrocities against dalits see following video : 

View following video and articles.

https://fb.watch/nXtRoajXCF/?mibextid=dSAeCa  ,

https://www.prajavani.net/district/ramanagara/fir-on-writer-prakash-manteda-on-spoiling-communal-harmony-allegations-2543646 

Dalits are innocents and suffer alround atrocities.

 Fact : more than 50 % of dalit atrocity cases are fake and accordingly disposed off by courts of law. 

Note : there are good , honest people as well as bad people , criminals in all castes and communities. There are rich as well as poor people in all castes and communities. You cannot  generalise. We must respect all and government must support poor  from all castes & communities. 

A 'Colonial Constitution' Past Its Sell-By Date: Time For A New One, A Second Republic

We are ready for a new constitution for a second republic of India that is comfortable in its own skin and proud of its roots.

The stability of the state, a major concern in 1947 when the British left, is not a primary worry today.

We must junk the old and ring in the new.

How much of colonial law has crept into our Constitution? What was Babasaheb Ambedkar’s true contribution to its final form, as opposed to the popularly depicted notion that it was substantially his creation?

Which constitutions of the world had the largest impact on our own “holy book”? Who really prepared its first draft?

Answers to these questions have been floating around for quite a while in our historical archives and the media, but if you want better and more complete answers, you could do no better than read Arghya Sengupta’s eminently readable book, The Colonial Constitution. 

Sengupta, who is research director of the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, is a regular columnist for The Times of India.

He has a simple answer to the first question: “The constitution of India is a colonial document. It is colonial for the simple, factual reason that it heavily borrowed from the Government of India Act, 1935…nearly two-thirds of the first draft of the constitution of India presented to the Constituent assembly and one-third of the final draft finalised by the assembly were directly borrowed (from the Government of India Act, 1935), with minor modification where necessary.”

In both spirit and content, the Constitution, accepted as a guiding principle, the British colonial preference for making the state all powerful, where citizens could not be trusted to make their own judgements and work for the common good.

Despite opting for universal adult franchise, something that even some Western societies had not fully implemented at that point of time, our Constitution nevertheless infantilised the citizen by insisting that she could not know what was good for her and the country. She needed the heavy hand of the state and the Constitution as guiding scripture for her progress.

The Constitution’s first draft was drawn up by an Indian Civil Service veteran, Benegal Narsing Rau, and his bureaucratic team, with 150 of the 239 articles in the draft being taken straight from the GOI Act, 1935, which Jawaharlal Nehru had once dismissed as a “new charter of slavery”.

And even after it went through its final version, which was discussed by the assembly, it bore no resemblance to anything that was conceived in India for Indians.

Mahatma Gandhi’s image, which was later ceremonially stamped on currency notes as father of the nation, did not cast any sort of shadow on the document. It was a 'Macaulayite' rendering.

Ambedkar, who was enamoured of the US Constitution, took large segments from it, including ideas about fundamental rights.

But he made some major original contributions to it: one was to emphasise that India would be socialist, with key industries, including agriculture, owned by the state, and in which social justice would involve affirmative action with reserved seats for the “depressed classes”, as the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were then called.

A third, and equally important, feature of the Constitution was the centralisation of power, something that was anathema to Gandhi. Ambedkar was in favour of a strong centre as he saw villages and local politics as fountainheads of corruption and venality.

But, even as many things got copied from the US Constitution, when it came to creating institutions to support the vision, the drafting committee did not think a presidential system was appropriate for India.

And despite the rhetoric about making the state socialist and economic welfare its main focus, most of the provisions that would have enabled this outcome were put on an optional to-do list: the directive principles of state policy, which would be non-justiciable. 

The most depressing thought about the Constitution was that its colonial nature was accepted and adopted by its post-colonial elite as a foundational and transformative text, thus testifying to the enduring success of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s desire to promote Indians who would be Indians in reality, but think like their colonial masters. 

While both Jawaharlal Nehru and Ambedkar were fans of Western constitutions, the one folly that was averted was due to Gandhi’s intervention. Apparently, Nehru was toying with the idea of using British jurist, Ivor Jennings. This is how Ambedkar became the drafting committee’s chairman.

The questions that linger after reading Sengupta’s book are these:

Why did our leadership, most of them victims of colonial rule, opt for a colonial constitution?

Why did practically no alternative constitutional idea, including Gandhi’s vision of local self-government, not find favour?

Why did a radical set of ideas — socialism, educational, social and economic empowerment — find so little purchase in state policy so many decades after independence?

The answer could lie in the fact that the Constitution was written at a time when keeping India together was itself seen as a herculean task ahead of its leaders, and hence they opted for the devil they knew rather than experiment with new and untested ideas.

Warts and all, it was the Constitution best suited for continuity, with small and homoeopathic doses of change. Radical intent was watered down when faced with ground reality. There is no need today to judge the framers of the constitution harshly today. They did what they thought was best for the country at that time.

The issue before us now is simple: is the Constitution still good for us now?

Is so much centralisation of power still necessary?

Is a presidential form of government better for us?

What is the use of words like secular and socialist in our preamble, when these have been made irrelevant by the practice of minoritarian politics, and judicial unconcern for the rights of the majority Hindu community?

Should we junk the existing Constitution as irrelevant to our needs, or fix it little by little in the hope that it will work better?

Sengupta’s answer is that it is time to have an honest conversation about our 'colonial constitution', and chart our own course free from colonial thinking.

My own answer: we are ready for a new constitution for a second republic of India that is comfortable in its own skin and proud of its roots. The stability of the state, a major concern in 1947 when the British left, is not a primary worry today. We must junk the old and ring in the new.

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