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we examine our constitution from the point of view of the growth of
the nation, we find that our constitution needs amendment. We are
one nation, one society. That is why we did not entertain any
special rights on the basis of language, province, caste, religion,
etc. but gave every one equal citizenship. There are separate
states. There is no separate citizenship of state and of Union. We
are all citizens of Bharat. By the same token, we have denied the
right to secede to individual state. Not only that the power to
demarcate the boundaries of state and to choose their names, is
vested in the parliament, and not in assemblies. This is as it
should be; in tune with the nationalism and tradition of Bharat.
However, despite all this, we made our constitution federal, whereby
what we have adopted in practice, we have rejected in principle. In
a federation constituent units have their own sovereignty. These
voluntarily relinquish their sovereignty to the federation, by an
agreement. It may be that they surrender all their rights and
thereby the centre requires sovereignty. But these powers are given
to the Union. It has no power of its own. Thus the federal
constitution considers the individual states as fundamental power,
and the centre as merely a federation of states. This is contrary to
the truth. It runs counter to the unity and indivisibility of Bharat.
There is no recognition of the idea of Bharatmata, Our sacred
motherland, as enshrined in the hearts of our people.
According to the first para of the
Constitution, "India that is Bharat will be a federation of
States", i.e. Bihar Mata, Banga Mata, Punjab Mata, Kannada
Mata, Tamil Mata, all put together make Bharat Mata. This is
ridiculous. We have thought of the provinces as limbs of Bharat Mata
and not as individual mother. Therefore our constitution should be
unitary instead of federal.
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