Governors are a colonial institution who act as minions and mouthpieces of the Central government, Senior Advocate Fali Nariman said on Friday..Nariman stated that it is very unfortunate that Governors are acting this way.“Take the examples of Governors being appointed. Why are they so vocal now? They are minions of the Centre. This is the problem which is very unfortunate,” he said..Research Director of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Arghya Sengupta agreed with Nariman’s view and said that Governors are a colonial relic that we should now get rid of..Nariman, Sengupta and Editor-in-Chief of The Print Shekhar Gupta were speaking at the launch of Sengupta’s book titled The Colonial Constitution.Druing the discussion, when Gupta queried Nariman on the comments made by former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi questioning the basic structure doctrine, the veteran lawyer said that he disagreed with Gogoi’s views..During the discussion, Sengupta explained his position for terming the Indian Constitution colonial.He said that the Constitution is an extremely long and prescriptive document with everything provided for, and this is based on the colonial idea that people of India cannot be trusted and they are not ready for democracy.Sengupta added that the Constitution is written in dense legal jargon and that every right in the Constitution comes with a range of restrictions.“There is a standard script to the way the Constitution is taught. My book is a provocation. The Constitution should not be treated as a holy book which should be worshipped. Its contents should be critiqued,” he stressed.
Governors are a colonial institution who act as minions and mouthpieces of the Central government, Senior Advocate Fali Nariman said on Friday..Nariman stated that it is very unfortunate that Governors are acting this way.“Take the examples of Governors being appointed. Why are they so vocal now? They are minions of the Centre. This is the problem which is very unfortunate,” he said..Research Director of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Arghya Sengupta agreed with Nariman’s view and said that Governors are a colonial relic that we should now get rid of..Nariman, Sengupta and Editor-in-Chief of The Print Shekhar Gupta were speaking at the launch of Sengupta’s book titled The Colonial Constitution.Druing the discussion, when Gupta queried Nariman on the comments made by former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi questioning the basic structure doctrine, the veteran lawyer said that he disagreed with Gogoi’s views..During the discussion, Sengupta explained his position for terming the Indian Constitution colonial.He said that the Constitution is an extremely long and prescriptive document with everything provided for, and this is based on the colonial idea that people of India cannot be trusted and they are not ready for democracy.Sengupta added that the Constitution is written in dense legal jargon and that every right in the Constitution comes with a range of restrictions.“There is a standard script to the way the Constitution is taught. My book is a provocation. The Constitution should not be treated as a holy book which should be worshipped. Its contents should be critiqued,” he stressed.
