Supreme Court Justice BR Gavai praised the Constitution for empowering leaders from humble backgrounds like PM Modi and himself. He credited Dr. Ambedkar’s vision for shaping a united, inclusive India.
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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai on Monday praised India’s Constitution and shared how it has helped people from simple and backward backgrounds to reach top positions in the country.
He said that today, India has a Prime Minister who proudly says he became PM because of the Constitution of India.
“The country is having a prime minister, who comes from a humble background belonging to Backward Classes and who takes pride in saying that it is because of the Constitution of India, that he could be the Prime Minister of India,”
-Justice Gavai said.
Justice Gavai also spoke about his own journey.
He said that he too was able to become a Supreme Court judge because of the Constitution and the work of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
“Speaking for myself, I was fortunate to have been born to a father who worked with Dr. Ambedkar and served as one of the soldiers in the fight for social and economic justice. I am here only because of Dr. Ambedkar and the Constitution of India,”
-he said.
He was giving the Dr. Ambedkar First Memorial Lecture in Delhi. This event was held by the government on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti to honor Dr. Ambedkar’s role in shaping the Constitution and the nation.
Justice Gavai said that Dr. Ambedkar always believed in a united India. He believed that national interest should come above personal interest, caste, or political ideas.
“Dr. Ambedkar, as I already said, was always for a united India and the interest of the nation to be above all interest, be it the interest of the individuals, be it the interest of any caste, be it the interest of any ideology.”
Justice Gavai also mentioned that even though Dr. Ambedkar had joined the Constituent Assembly mainly to protect the rights of Scheduled Castes and the oppressed sections of society, he still gave India a powerful Constitution that has lasted successfully for over 75 years.
He pointed out how this Constitution helped people from all communities rise to top positions in India.
“And we find that, in the last 75 years, the country which was ridden earlier with caste, creed, religion, we have witnessed this country giving two Presidents who belonged to Scheduled Castes, viz, Shri K.R. Narayanan and Shri Ram Nath Kovind. The country has given us two women Presidents, the first one being Smt. Pratibha Patil and the second one being Smt. Draupadi Murmu, who also has been the first Scheduled Tribe president. The country has given two speakers who belong to the scheduled castes, Mr. Balyogi and Ms. Meira Kumar. It has also given two women speakers, again Smt. Meira Kumar, and Smt. Sumitra Mahajan.”
Talking about the famous Kesavananda Bharati case, which protected the basic structure of the Constitution, Justice Gavai said that this judgment was very important.
He said that it respected both the basic structure and the directive principles of state policy, which guide how the country should be run.
“Many enactments have been upheld though they were found to be inconsistent with fundamental rights,”
-he added.
This lecture reminded everyone about the great role Dr. Ambedkar and the Constitution have played in giving equal chances to all, and how people from all walks of life have grown because of it.
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