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Ep 152: The Citizenship Battles

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Argument for a Permanent Victory Over the Constitution

The Indian constitution was never intended to be a dead document it was supposed to be a living document right which is why the provisions for amendment were made. Nehru and Indira Gandhi repeatedly they themselves desecrated the constitution to the extent that as early as 1953 Ambedkar said that you know if I could I would burn the constitution. It's one thing to say just because they have won an election doesn't mean that they can overturn the constitution but their argument would be that look the constitution number one is not a permanent thing number two.

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