The following are different positions about reading and understanding Constituent Assembly debates. i. Which of these statements argues that Constituent Assembly debates are relevant even today? Which statement says that they are not relevant? ii. With which of these positions do you agree and why? a. Common people are too busy in earning livelihood and meeting different pressures of life. They can’t understand the legal language of these debates. b. The conditions and challenges today are different from the time when the Constitution was made. To read the ideas of Constitution makers and use them for our new times is trying to bring past in the present c. Our ways of understanding the world and the present challenges have not changed totally. Constituent Assembly debates can provide us reasons why certain practises are important. In a period when constitutional practises are being challenged, not knowing the reasons can destroy them.

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(i) The statement that argues that Constituent Assembly debates are relevant even today is

C. Our ways of understanding the world and the present challenges have not changed totally. Constituent Assembly debates can provide us reasons why certain practises are important. In a period when constitutional practises are being challenged, not knowing the reasons can destroy them

The statement says that they are not relevant is

B. The conditions and challenges today are different from the time when the Constitution was made. To read the ideas of Constitution makers and use them for our new times is trying to bring past in the present

(ii) I agree to this statement (b) The conditions and challenges today are different from the time when the Constitution was made. To read the ideas of Constitution makers and use them for our new times is trying to bring past in the present.

It is correct to say that not knowing the reasons of constitutional practices could destroy them. The values that are enshrined in our constitution are universal and safeguards the rights of citizens. It is important to safeguard these values because the breakdown of thses values wold bring chaos in the society.