“Transforming Equitable and Inclusive Society in India:
Vision of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar”
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar has been an outstanding contributor to the drafting of the Constitution of India. The Constitution has never been a frozen document, rather has remained a living reality. Notwithstanding the sterling role played by the Drafting Committee and Babasaheb Ambedkar, the Constitution as it exists today is a product of interactions among three elements: the text, the court, and the people. Being the Chairman of Drafting Committee, Ambedkar after completing his work, stated: “I feel the Constitution is workable; it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and in wartime”. He was the first man who understood the necessity for a democratic system in India and analyzed the social, economic, and political system of India about other countries.
His contribution to the evolution of free India lies in his striving for ensuring justice – social, economic, and political – for one and all. He dedicated his whole life to socio-economic upliftment.
While addressing the Constituent Assembly, Dr. Ambedkar remarked that our political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. The concept of social justice emerged out of the process of evolution of social norms, order, law, and morality. It emphasized just action and created space for intervention in society by enforcing rules and regulations based on the principles of social equality. Dr. Ambedkar also made a great contribution towards economic reforms and his thoughts about the Indian economy applies to agriculture, land reforms, Indian currency problems, labor problem, economic upliftment of women, the economics of caste system, human capital, water resource policy, the strategy of human development, taxation policy, democratic state socialism, free enterprise economy, population control- family planning, nationalization of industries and many more.
Furthermore, the political philosophy of Ambedkar assisted in renegotiating the crisis of western political theory in particular and leading the fights of the people in general. What ails a sensible citizen today is the lack of interest in the effective understanding of the Constitution.
The need of the hour is to interpret and implement the provisions of the Constitution in its true spirit. Hence, it will enable the Indian society to overcome all social, economic, and political issues that the Nation is facing.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair, Sardar Patel Subharti Institute of Law, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh is conducting Two Days National Webinar on “Transforming Equitable and Inclusive Society in India: Vision of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar” dated 17.09.2021 to 18.09.2021.
