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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicConstituent Assembly Speeches

Topic: Constituent Assembly Speeches

Election Commission can’t be a kingdom within a kingdom; it needs central oversight: KM Munshi

On 16 June 1949, KM Munshi argued in the Constituent Assembly that the election commission must balance independence with central oversight to ensure impartiality and practicality.

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

Control religious teaching in schools. We can’t breed fanaticism–Purnima Banerji

On 30 August 1947, Constituent Assembly member Purnima Banerji moved to add a new paragraph in Clause 16 to promote comparative religious education in schools. But the move failed.

Indian citizenship ought not to be made so very easy and cheap–PS Deshmukh

In his speech in the Constituent Assembly on 11 August 1949, Panjabrao Shamrao Deshmukh expressed his displeasure at the ‘most ill-fated article in the whole Constitution’.

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