The word "Socialist" in the Preamble of our Constitution requires to be defined ......................

The word SOCIALIST in the preamble of our Constitution describes the Indian state where everyone is equal, there is absence of discrimination on the ground of Cast, Creed, Sex, Colour, Religion and Language. As we are living in a democratic country, the taste of DEMOCRACY can’t be realize until we have given some rights. And especially Right to equality provided by our Constitution can’t work until we have uniform distribution of resources and equal access to services, to get social liberty and economic equality .SOCIALIST word itself eradicate ‘’Class System’’ in our society like Capitalist class, Upper Class, Lower class. Socialist State emphasize on formation of welfare state. Hence, our constitution provides SOCIALISTIC pattern of State since its inception but the word ‘’SOCIALIST’ was added only in 42^nd Amendment 1976.

Socialist state is all about  ‘’totalitarian’’ , they do not safeguard the liberty of citizens. But, Democracy is all about Liberty, Equality and real power goes to its people not any authority or state .So, in this case using the word SOCIALIST along with DEMOCRACY , that is ‘’Democratic socialism’’  for India is little bit arbitrary and impropriety. Using both contradictory terms ‘’Democratic Socialist’’ simultaneously sometimes create  misunderstanding.That is why it is very important to define the term socialist clearly. In Indian context, socialist term is more fairly in the sence of ‘’SOCIAL-CONTROL OF ECONOMIC POWER’’.In our preamble SOCIALIST state reflects the idea that the means of production are owned and managed by the state instead of private enterpreneurs (so that capital does not accumulate in one hand)  and nationalization of services for equal social benefits. So, in our preamble SOCIALIST word specify ‘’democratic socialism’’, in which we have liberty along with state ownership. Socialist countries lay emphasis on state control of means of production and distribution  with state’s desired end, whereas democracy along with socialist pattern rely upon mixed economy and the rule of law reach the desired SOCIAL END. …..

By:- Tanveer Ashraf