Original Manuscript of Constitution of India

  CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF INDIA DEBATES (PROCEEDINGS) - VOLUME XI Friday, the 25th November, 1949   Dr Ambedkar : If we wish to maintain democracy not merely in form, but also in fact, what must we do? The first thing in my judgment we must do is to hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic objectives. It means we must abandon the bloody methods of revolution. It means that we must abandon the method of civil disobedience, non-cooperation and satyagraha. When there was no way left for constitutional methods for achieving economic and social objectives, there was a great deal of justification for unconstitutional methods. But where constitutional methods are open, there can be no justification for these unconstitutional methods. These methods are nothing but the Grammar of Anarchy and the sooner they are abandoned, the better for us.    The second thing we must do is to observe the caution which John Stuart Mill has given to ...

  Insert National Song in the Fundamental Duties During the   debates in the Constituent Assembly  Dr Ambedkar talked about Constitutional morality asmuch as   Constitutional morality needs to be inculcated in the citizens of any country. As a matter of fact,Constitutional morality is more than the doctrine of Fundamental Duties . Fundamental Duties could be enumerated like in the  Article 51A of the Constitution of India. On the other hand Constitutional morality encompasses faith in the Constitution. Another aspect of Constitutional morality is respect for rule of law. Respect for rule of law is reflected in obeying the laws made by the legislature like Parliament and State Legislatures in India. In this back ground it is significant to mention  that a citizen of India finds pride in singing of the  National Anthem- Jan Gan Man upholding the spirit of Fundamental Duties in Part IV A of the Constitution of India ,Article 51A(a)...