: If my honorable Friend holds that opinion I can only agree to differ. I for my part do hold that our present position in the matter of food and certain other essential commodities – the scarcity that is attached to them is a thing which it will be difficult for us to get over even in a period of a decade and over. If my honorable Friend is an optimist, I have no quarrel with him But I am not one of the categories that hold such opinions. I have a right to say that the fundamental purpose of this Constitution is that it should enable the citizen of this country to live. On this fundamental principle there can be no difference of opinion. I do believe that we cannot fetter the right of a State to order the economy of the country in such a way that the maximum number of people will be benefited by it.
