Was Indira Gandhi far more intelligent and educated than Dr B R Ambedkar, for having added secularism to the constitution?

For better understanding Please read – Can we remove secular and socialist words from the Indian Constitution?

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article is from a series of Questions answered by Shekhar Bodhakar

This is the original preamble to the Constitution of India.

Can adding ONE word/phrase; i.e. secular (or secularism) to the constitution make you far more intelligent and educated than the polymath, Dr B.R. Ambedkar (BA, MA, MSc, PhD, DSc, LLD, DLitt, Bar-at-Law), an eminent scholar of Jurisprudence, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and a lexicographer ?

The answer is an obvious NO.

Some counter questions:

• Why was the need felt to add the word “secular” after decades of the Indian Constitution being in force?
• Wasn’t the original preamble as perfect as you can practically get?

The wording in the following image is wrongly accepted as the preamble to the constitution and it is in fact A LIE that it is the preamble. The “new” preamble cannot be the preamble because it suggests a preamble to a constitution that was accepted in 1949 and adopted in 1950.

A new preamble can only be a preamble to a new constitution.

Take special note of the LAST LINE IN GREEN LETTERS in the ASSUMED PREAMBLE (below).

The reality is that the ORIGINAL preamble cannot be amended/edited/ words added to or removed. It can only be replaced.

So, Indira Gandhi attempted to REPLACE the original preamble with the one that suited her needs and succeeded in fooling the majority that it is a required AMENDMENT (not a replacement).

PS: Shockingly even the latest versions of Indian Constitution states that ‘… (on) the 26th day of November 1949 we hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves This constitution…’ whereas, it includes the terms ‘Socialist and Secular‘ that were added in 1976 i.e. 27 years later. This is a gross misuse of political power and therefore intellectual dishonesty by Indira Gandhi.

ALSO READ:

1. Why is Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar regarded as the father of the Constitution? What were other constituent assembly members doing then?
2. Father of MODERN India.

Author of this article Shekhar Bodhakar is a London based Anti-Caste activist. He is the Composer of Buddhatāla and has also worked as Head of Mathematics department in a London college in the past. You can reach him at: globalambedkarites@gmail.com

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this article are the personal views of the author and not necessarily the views of “Voice of Dissent”.