For this purpose I have singled out two parties in the country-the Socialists and the Hindu Mahasabha. Both the parties have put down in writing their ideas about the Constitution for this great country. One is published under the title- ‘Drafting Constitution of Indian Republic’ and it is red in colour which is rather the monopoly of the communists with something different by way of an emblem. The other party – the Hindu Mahasabha – has also published a book called the “Constitution of the Hindustan Free State”. I went carefully through both these documents and I find that there is agreement on the main features of the Constitution that ought to prevail in this country. Lord Bryce has defined “Constitution as the form of political society organized through and by law, that is to say, one in which law has established permanent institutions with recognized functions and defined rights. It may be mere collection of general principles according to which the powers of the Constitution, the rights of the governed and the relations between the two are adjusted “. It is therefore to be seen what permanent institutions in the sense in which any political institution can be permanent, are embodied in this Constitution. A modern constitution can be tested from five points of view : 1. The nature of the State for which the Constitution is provided 2. The nature of the Constitution itself; 3. The nature of the Legislature, 4. The nature of the Executive; 5. The nature of the Judiciary.
