Question

Constitutional advisor of the constitution assembly at the time of framing the indian constitution

Answer 1

An idea for a Constituent Assembly of Indiawas proposed in 1934 by M. N. Roy, a pioneer of the Communist movement in India and an advocate of radical democracy. It became an official demand of the Indian National Congress in 1935, C. Rajagopalachari voiced the demand for a constituent Assembly on 15th November 1939 based on adult franchise, and was accepted by the British in August 1940. On 8 August 1940, a statement was made by Viceroy Lord Linlithgow about the expansion of the Governor-General's Executive Council and the establishment of a War Advisory Council. This offer, known as the August Offer, included giving full weight to minority opinions and allowing Indians to draft their own constitution. Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, elections were held for the first time for the Constituent Assembly. The Constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly, and it was implemented under the Cabinet Mission Plan on 16 May 1946. The members of the Constituent Assembly were elected by the provincial assemblies by a single, transferable-vote system of proportional representation. The total membership of the Constituent Assembly was 389: 292 were representatives of the states, 93 represented the princely states and four were from the chief commissioner provinces of Delhi, Ajmer-Merwara, Coorg (Near Madikeri) and British Baluchistan.

Answer 2

"CONSTITUTION"

In democracy, there are certain basic rules that the citizens and the government have to follow. All such rules together are known as \bf{Constitution}Constitution .

It is the supreme law of the country. It determines the rights of citizens, the powers of the government and how the government should function!

\textsf{Why we need Constitution?}Why we need Constitution?

Constitution is required to safeguard the interests of common people ; whether they belong to major community or minor community.

\textsf{There are some basic rules that needs to be fulfilled by Constitution :-}There are some basic rules that needs to be fulfilled by Constitution :-

(1) It generates a degree of trust and coordination among people that is necessary for the different kinds of people living together.

(2) It specifies how the government will be constituted and who will have the power to make this decisions.

(3) It lays down limits to the powers of the government and also specifies the rights of the citizens.

(4) It also expresses the aspirations of the people about creating a good society.

The constitution was adopted by Assembly on 26th November 1949.

It came into effect on 26th January 1950. To mark this day, we celebrate 26th January as Republic day every year.

The constitution does not reflect the view of its members alone, but expresses abroad consensus of its time.

Another reason for accepting the constitution is that the constituent assembly represent the people of India. it could not be chosen directly by all The people as there was no Universal adult franchise at that time. The Constituent assembly was elected by the members of the existing Provincial Legislatures. This ensured a fair geographical Share of members from all regions of the country.