“Yes, please! On Bibek Debroy’s call for a new constitution: Why Bharat must craft a fresh charter for 2047”, Swarajyamag, September 29, 2023:
“Writing in Mint last month, Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, looked ahead to the 100th anniversary of India’s independence and asked: “What Constitution does India need for 2047?”
His own view (Debroy wrote in personal capacity) is that tinkering with the existing Constitution — an amendment here, an amendment there — would not do.
He thinks “We the People have to give ourselves a new Constitution.” And I could not agree with him more. That is exactly what we need.
After all, as a friend of mine observes, if France — which gave the world “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” in 1789 — can in 2023 be in its fifth Republic, there is no reason Bharat cannot have a second Republic…..”
Read the full article at Swarajyamag.com
