Why is it said that the making of the Indian Constitution was unrepresentative? Does that make the Constitution unrepresentative? Give reasons for your answer.
The Constitution of India was framed in November 1946 through indirect election of
its members by provincial legislatures under the provisions of Cabinet Mission Plan
1946.
The Assembly consisted of 389 members out of which 292 were to be elected from
the provinces, 93 were to be nominated from princely states and four members
were to be nominated from Chief Commissioner’s areas.
Each provincial Assembly elected its own members through single transferable vote
system.
Due to declaration of partition in June 1947 under Mount batten Plan, this
membership reduced to 299 and finally 28 4 members signed on the constitution on
26 November, 1949.
On August 15, 1947, the Constituent Assembly functioned as a sovereign entity but
it is considered unrepresentative because its members were chosen by restricted
franchise in place of universal suffrage.
But Constituent Assembly included the members from each and every section of
society to be represented and on a thorough reading, we may find that no section is
untouched on the various issues and opinions.
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