Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee, played a pivotal role in shaping the Indian Constitution and articulating its fundamental principles during the Constituent Assembly debates.
Though India was to be a federation, the federation was not the result of an agreement by the States to join in a federation, and that the federation not being the result of a agreement, no State has the right to secede from it. The 'federation is a Union because it is indestructible.' Who made the statement during Constituent Assembly debated :
Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 1998 · Topic: Constituent Assembly and Making of the Constitution (Key Debates and Decisions during constitution making)
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Answer: D. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
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