Question

What did Ambedkar mean to say in the following lines?
"On the 26th January 1950 we are going to enter a life of Contradictions".

Answer 1

(i) In his concluding speech to the Constituent Assembly Dr. B.R. Ambedkar stated his anxiety over the unequal status of the dalits. He said that in politics the dalits would definitely enjoy equality but in social and economic life they would have inequality.

(ii) In politics they would be recognising the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value. But in their social and economic life, they would continue to deny the principle of one man one value.

(iii) In this way, they would continue to live a life of contradictions. Naturally they needed equality in social as well as economic life.