· Ambedkar warned of 3 possible dangers to indian dmeocracy
o Hero worship
o Social and economic inequalities
o Use of unconcsitutional methods
· Hero worship
o Indians have tendency to lay down their liberties at feet of great men and trust them with powers to subvert their institutions
· Inequalities
o For political democracy to succeed , sociala nd economic inequalities must be reduced
· Use of unconstitutional methods
o People must abandon coercive and violent methds to bring abt hcnage
· Ambedkar himslef used peaceful mass movements and legal instruments to bring about change like temple entry In kalaram and access to wells in mahad
· Indian consttn provides ample opportunities for advocacy through discussion with MPs, standing committees etc
· Civil society has played important roles in drafting RTI, RTE, forest rights act and proposed food sec bill
· Hence civil society must to consituttional emthods and reinforce people’s confidence in them
· Our democracy still works within frakme work of uindemocratic relations based on caste
· Corruption and unotuchability are embeded into social fabric of our society
To bring about change there needs to moral regeneration
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