Who among the following considered the Directive Principles of State Policy as aiming at ‘furthering the goals of social exclusion’?
Granville Austin, a renowned historian of the Indian Constitution, described the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) as aiming, along with the Fundamental Rights, at ‘furthering the aims of social revolution’. The phrase in the question “social exclusion” appears to be a typo and should be “social revolution”. Austin argued that the Fundamental Rights and DPSP were the “conscience of the Constitution” and were central to the Constitution’s goal of achieving a social revolution by bringing about conditions necessary for a just society.
Granville Austin is known for his interpretation of the Indian Constitution as an instrument of ‘social revolution’, emphasizing the significance of Fundamental Rights and DPSP in this regard.
B.N. Rau was the constitutional advisor to the Constituent Assembly. K.C. Wheare described India’s constitution as ‘quasi-federal’. Rajni Kothari is a political scientist who has written extensively on Indian politics and the party system.