Question

Write a short note on objective resolutions as the guiding principle of Indian Constitution.

Answer 1

The Objectives Resolution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on March 12, 1949. Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, had presented it in the assembly on March 7, 1949. Out of 69 members of the assembly, 21 voted for it. All the amendments proposed by minority members were rejected. Consequently, all of them voted against it. Hamid Khan, senior vice-president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, writes that it cannot be denied that some of the proposed amendments to the objectives resolution were quite reasonable and moderate and the minorities’ point of view ought to have been accommodated in the larger national interest.