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In my 2016 article, “Ambedkar’s ‘United States of India,’” I outlined his vision, which he presented to the Assembly’s Subcommittee on Fundamental Rights just seven months before being appointed to the Drafting Committee. I have previously discussed why Ambedkar rejected Nehru’s Constitution. It does not suit anybody.” Ambedkar opposed the Constitution’s highly centralized system, which concentrated power in the hands of the executive, and its inherent majoritarianism. The concentration of power has allowed Prime Ministers to make arbitrary decisions, such as Modi’s Demonetization, and amend the Constitution at will, like Nehru’s 1st Amendment, which created a new Schedule to shield laws from judicial review, or Indira Gandhi’s 42nd Amendment, which made President subservient to the Prime Minister.

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