Did Ambedkar Confuse Responsibility With Parliamentary Democracy?

A grateful nation bows each year on BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary (on 14 April) to pay tribute to his tremendous contributions in the making of our Constitution. His advocacy inside India’s Constituent Assembly for the parliamentary form of government was brilliant, and is still considered legendary. But in view of how poorly our Parliament has performed, we as a nation might do well to reconsider his arguments, so as to understand what is going wrong now. For more podcasts from The Quint, check out our Podcasts section. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices