On 17th December 1946, at the Constituent Assembly Dr. B. R. Ambedkar spoke on the Resolution Re Aims & Objects moved by Pandit Nehru;
“The Resolution suffer from certain other lacunae, I find that this part of the Resolution although it enunciate certain rights does not speak of remedies all of us are aware of the fact that rights are nothing unless remedies are provided whereby people can seek to obtain redress when rights are invaded – I find a complete absence of remedies even the usual formulae of no man’s life, liberty and property shall be taken without due process of law, finds no place in the Resolution. These fundamental rights set out are made subject to law or morality obviously what is law, what is morality will be determined by the Executive of the day and when the Executive may take one view another Executive may take another view did not know what exactly will be the position with regard fundamental rights, in this matter is left to the Executive of the day, Sir, there are here certain provisions we speak of justice, economical, social and political, is this Resolution has a reality behind it and sincerity of which I have not least out coming as it does let the mover of the Resolution, I should have expected some provision whereby it would have been possible for the State to make economic, social and political justice a reality and I should have from that point of view expected the Resolution to state in most explicit term that in order that there may be social and economic justice in the Country that there would be nationalization of industry and nationalization of land. I do not understand how it could be possible for any future Government with belief in doing Justice socially, economically and political unless its economy is a Socialist Economy. Therefore, personally although I have no objection to the enunciation of this proposition. The Resolution is to my mind somewhat disappointing, however, I am prepared leave this subject where it is with the observation I have made.”
Comment: This was the earliest view of the champion of Scheduled Caste who insisted on the nationalization of industry and land, which reminds us of Karl Marx.