Upksham Ramteke
Chief Executive Editor
And Gram Panchayat Member Kotgaon..
Taluka Chimur, District Chandrapur, (M.R.A.)
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is the great inspiration for the liberation of all the citizens of India, who were kept in slavery for ages under Manusmriti, and the best liberator who has become a world-renowned great social reformer.
Similarly, will the birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who sacrificed his life to free women from all kinds of slavery and make them the destiny of India, be celebrated within the four walls of the Gram Panchayats in the state of Maharashtra? This is a question that is troubling the social mind for the Central Government and the Maharashtra Government.
It is necessary to explain to Indian men and women today that the struggle waged by Vishwaratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who directly rejected the anti-Bahujan Samaj and powerless, lowly, and discriminatory ideology of Manusmriti, is a great victory for the liberation of dignity.
That is why, while celebrating the birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar through the Gram Panchayats, “it is necessary to hold large programs with public participation in large squares.”
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a supporter of women’s liberation. He was influenced by the teachings of Tathagata Gautam Buddha and the work of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.
According to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, “Buddha was the first advocate of women’s freedom.”
According to senior social activist and scholar Dr. Rupa Kulkarni-Bodhi, ‘The true ideological foundation of Indian women’s liberation is based on the strong egalitarian philosophy of Lord Buddha, not on any gender-based idea imported from outside! And as important as the law, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s contribution is this pure Indian foundation he gave!
According to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, any society can be evaluated by the condition of women in that society. He was insistent that society should focus on the development of women. He realized that this holistic progress should not only be for men, but also for women. He was a supporter of women’s education.
He established Milind College in Aurangabad and admitted girls here.
Similarly, important decisions like maternity allowance for female miners, equal wages for female workers working in coal mines, ban on polygamy, 21 days of minor leave for laborers and working women, one month of paid leave, compensation in case of injury and provision of pension after 20 years of service should be mentioned. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is the first person in the world to provide maternity leave to a working woman, after many years only in India, maternity leave has been approved for women in other countries. This is special!
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, when he was the Law Minister in 1947, introduced the Hindu Code Bill in the Lok Sabha. It included the principles of abolition of untouchability, equality between men and women in marriage, the right of women to take divorce, and provision of inheritance rights to women as well.
According to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, for the fight for social justice to be successful, it was necessary to lay the foundation of equal personal relations by rejecting the caste system and patriarchy in the personal law of Hindu society.
This bill was initially supported by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. But due to the extreme opposition of the conservatives in the Congress and the upcoming elections, Nehru had to give up in front of the reactionary forces.
Vallabhbhai Patel and Rajendra Prasad were the main leaders against the Hindu Code Bill.
He was of the opinion that if the principles of equal rights on economic issues in the Constitution were not to have the desired effect, then the Hindu Code needed to be amended for that.
He was of the opinion that if the principles of equal rights on economic issues in the Constitution were not to have the desired effect, then the Hindu Code needed to be amended for that.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was adamant that the root causes of caste injustice and injustice against women are intertwined. He wanted a complete Hindu code of conduct parallel to the Constitution, but that did not happen.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar gave Indian women the right to vote, which women in Europe had to struggle for, without asking for it.
At the same time, he seems to have taken a clear stand that proper family planning is related to women.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar actively involved women in his movement. This is why women participated in the Chavdar Talya Satyagraha of Mahad in 1927, the Kalaram Temple Satyagraha of Nashik in 1930 and the Women’s Conference in Nagpur in 1942 in large numbers.
Marriage is an obstacle in the progress of a girl and it should not be imposed on her. “After marriage, a wife should be a friend of her husband and a companion with equal rights. She should not become a slave of her husband.” He used to say.
The opinion of the pioneer Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was that just as a man’s opinion should be taken about how a wife should be, so too should a woman’s opinion about her husband, asking for her preferences and choices.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar put forward this idea that women should come forward themselves to get their rights. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar has many works for Indian women. But many women from the upper class and Bahujan society are unaware of this work of Ambedkar or are not ready to learn about it.
It seems that only some scholars and upper caste and Dalit women in the movement have taken note of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s contribution.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar did not only think about Dalit women but brought up the issues of all women. Only wealthy, upper-class women were to be benefited through the Hindu Code Bill. The measures suggested in the Hindu Code Bill were later implemented in the form of law, and it benefited upper-caste women more than Dalit-Bahujan women.
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A great philosopher and constitution maker….
“Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar brought with him scholarship, imagination, logic, eloquence and experience.
He had a rare grasp of even the most complex questions and at that time he presented his views very effectively and easily.
He had immense knowledge of the constitutional laws of all the developed countries of the world and their implementation.
He also knew the intricacies of the 1935 Act, he would explain clearly and concisely any criticism that arose while the draft of the constitution was being discussed.
After he gave his answers, the cloud of messages, confusion, ambiguity in the minds of the members would disappear.
No other member [of the Constituent Assembly] had the skill of putting an end to the debate by logical arguments, effective and understandable explanations, and immediate counter-arguments to any issue.
While doing all this, if the opponent raised a valid point He also had the generosity to understand and accept it.
That is why he is called the father of the modern Indian Constitution, which is appropriate.”
S.V. Payli
Senior Constitutionalist….
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This editorial is being published under the guidance of Editor-in-Chief Pradeep Ramteke…
Diksha Lalita Devanand Karhade
News Editor
and former Sarpanch Gram Panchayat Neri, Taluka Chimur, District Chandrapur, State-Maharashtra, Country India..
