Give two examples each to support the following conclusions about the Indian Constitution:
A. The Constitution was made by credible leaders who commanded peoples’ respect.
B. The Constitution has distributed power in such a way as to make it difficult to subvert it.
C. The Constitution is the locus of people’s hopes and aspirations.
A. The following two factors move the leaders who made the constitution credibly:
1. The members of the constituent assembly ensured that they represented almost every sect of religion as well as different section soft h society including the scheduled caste and minorities. There were twenty-six scheduled caste members from Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim communities. Members of each community elected each representative in the provincial legislative assembly through the method of proportional representation.
2. The provinces and princely states were allotted seats in proportion to their population. Members of the constituent assembly like Nehru, Patel, Rajendra Prasad and Ambedkar were also a part of the national movement and enjoy great credibility among masses.
B. The constitution has distributed power in such a way as to make it difficult to subvert it:
1. There is an exclusive working pact of the institution of government of the constitution. This arrangement is based on the check and balance approach. The constitution has horizontally distributed power among different organs of government that is legislature, executive and judiciary. It also had laid down functions of statutory body like the election commission. If one institution tries to contravene its limit, other two check it.
2. There is a laid elaboration of the procedure of amendment of the different articles of the constitution. The constitution strikes a balance between change and the nature of change that can be made. Thus, it is neither too rigid nor too flexible and survives as a living document that has the respect of the people.
C. The Constitution is the locus of people’s hopes and an aspiration, following two features of the Indian constitution exemplifies it:
1. The constitution of India has listed certain rights termed as the Fundamental rights and particularly protected them. These fundamental rights have various rights to ensure individual’s freedom. It has right to freedom, expression, constitutional remedies, etc. There is also a judiciary which has powers and responsibility to protect the fundamental rights by the government and the legislative and look after the people’s judicial matter.
2. The constitution of India had laid down some social and moral guidelines called the Directive Principles of state policy which though non-justifiable have moral force behind them to ensure that government would take them sincerely. It is not enforceable by low but provides a social and moral framework for the people to abode, cleaning the environment, helping people to gain their right is included in the directive principles.