Question

What did Dr Ambedkar mean when he said that In politics we will have equality, and in social and economic life we will have inequality?

Answer 1

Dr. Ambedkar argued that with the establishment of a constitutional democracy in independent India, people would have political equality. Every citizen of India would have the right to vote and to stand for elected public offices. However, he also argued that the mere establishmet of political equality would not lead to social and economic equality. India society was divided along lines of caste which led to a system of social hierarchy. Political equality would not lead to the immediate removal of such age-old inequalities. India was also riven by economic inequalities with huge differences in the wealth levels of a few rich individuals and the vast majority of the poor. Again, political equality was not sufficient to remove such economic inequality.