The Committee of the C[unclear]hamber are glad to note that the Constituent Assembly has approved that there should be a second Chamber both at the Centre & in the Provinces. The powers of the Upper Houses have been considerably curtailed but considering the ideological climate of the present day, it was perhaps difficult for sponsors of the official resolution to do otherwise. The fact, however, remains that in a country where people are largely illiterate and steeped in superistition, the granting of adult franchise will not by itself ensure a successful functioning of the Indian Democracy. The future legislatures elected on the basis of adult franchise are bound to be swayed by monetarymomentary passion and in their revolutionary zeal for bringing about the millenium, may undertake legislations which will shake the very fabric of our social life and affect the component parts of the State. With its powers curtailed, the Upper Houses will not be able to set the pace or control the direction of legislations but they will certainly be able to induce reconsideration of any particular measure and their moderation, maturity and constructiveness will exercise salutary influence on the future course of parliamentary legislation. The Committee of the Chamber, therefore, express their wholehearted approval of the decision to retain the Upper Houses even with reduced powers.
