30. "The constitution Assembly of India was a body with members having different viewpoints and
reflecting all shades of opinion. They agreed on basic problems but differed in providing solution
to such problems”. In light of the given statement make a comparison between Nehru, Gandhi and
Ambedkar regarding their idea of equality to be incorporated in the constitution
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Gandhi’s initial response was like the draft of a book in the process of being written. Thinking and speaking happened simultaneously. Soon Gandhi would also incorporate the response of the questioner into his answer. The answer would thus keep getting modified and develop as the dialogue went on.
Nowhere is this trend more conspicuous than in Gandhi-Nehru encounters stretching over three decades. No two leaders of the freedom struggle were so different from each other, and also so intimately connected to each other, as were Gandhi and Nehru. Superficially it would appear that the two were poles apart. There could be hardly anything in common between Nehru, with his Marxism, universalism and focus on modern science and technology and Gandhi with his spinning wheel, evening prayers and inner voice. Yet there existed an extremely deep bond between them which often helped to tide over an otherwise extremely stormy and contentious political relationship.
There is a fairly widespread and popular picture of the nature of relationship between Gandhi and Nehru. It is that of Nehru being patronised and pampered by Gandhi, Nehru needing Gandhi to establish him in Indian politics and Gandhi finally propping Nehru to the helm of Indian politics in independent India.
During the course of the freedom struggle, there was another image of a young and radical Nehru rebelling against Gandhi and developing as a rival to him. This image of the two representing two different and rival strands in the freedom struggle was dispelled by Gandhi himself when he wrote in 1936: “Are we rivals? I cannot think of myself as a rival to Jawaharlal or him to me. Or, if we are, we are rivals in our love for each other in the pursuit of the common goal.” In 1942, Gandhi declared that Nehru would be his political heir.
However the image of an opportunist Nehru using Gandhi as a crutch to make it to the top has been much more enduring in independent India. Of late it has gained some momentum. This image also fits in with a climate in which Nehru-bashing has become the order of day. It is therefore necessary to highlight the multiple dimensions of their relationship and bring out its true essence.
Answer:
The constitution Assembly of India was a body with members having different viewpoints and
reflecting all shades of opinion. They agreed on basic problems but differed in providing solution
to such problems”. In light of the given statement make a comparison between Nehru, Gandhi and
Ambedkar regarding their idea of equality to be incorporated in the constitution
Explanation:
The constitution Assembly of India was a body with members having different viewpoints and
reflecting all shades of opinion. They agreed on basic problems but differed in providing solution
to such problems”. In light of the given statement make a comparison between Nehru, Gandhi and
Ambedkar regarding their idea of equality to be incorporated in the constitution