The Indian National Congress has often reiterated [unclear]t it is pledged to establish a responsible government the country suited to Indian conditions. But the [unclear]sent constitution, as proposed by the Constituent [unclear]sembly, does not appear to fulfil this pledge. First of, therefore, we must examine the social, historical, and [unclear]ographical nature of our country, and the desires and [unclear]victions which motivate the actions of its people, that our constitution may be framed around these [unclear]nciples. No one can deny that the great majority of [unclear]r people are illiterate and quite unaccustomed to any [unclear]stem of democratic government. They maintain, [unclear]stead, a deep respect for, and loyalty to, the ancient [unclear]d traditional institution of monarchy; government to [unclear]e people has been personified in the figure of one man, [unclear]e leader to whom they owed their love and their [unclear]legiance. The Ruler and the Ruled were the only [unclear]o concepts which had any significance for them, a psychological factor which we cannot completely ignor[unclear] in the framing of a constitution suited to our people.
