1166 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
flowers and in some parts roses and also a rare jasmine flower. Thus it contained flowers of differnet kinds and characters. The bunch that is now before us is one which we had put together ourselves, and I can dare say that some of the flowers that we have put into it have fine and pleasing smell. But we all know that in this world we need all types of things because if it was full of all roses alone and no thorns man would lose his mind because he cannot bear so much good in his life at one time. I therefore believe that to reduce the excess of the smell of the flowers in this bunch other articles have been put into it...
...It is my fervent hope that our people should very quickly move forward for the reconstruction of the country and for the use of the new Constitution. It is only then that our country would be following the proper course in the matter of reconstruction. Before I conclude I would like to reiterate my thanks to the Members of the Drafting Committee and to the other Members who have put in such labour.
*Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra : ...Today I gladly join the chorus— of approbation of the services rendered by the Drafting Committee in which we have some of our most intimate and tried friends. I congratulate them on their achievement. I also want to record my appreciation of the work done by the Joint Secretary, Mr. Mukerji and the other members of the staff who have collaborated with us and made it possible for us to have this Constitution.
† The Honourable Shri N. V. Gadgil : ...Sir, the Constitution is an instrument and not an end in itself. In the hands of a good workman, it is a good tool to work with, In the hands of a determined workman it will enable him to get what he wants. In the hands of a reluctant workman there is enough for him to complain. This Constitution is in my humble opinion, in spite of its defects (defects there are and I am not indiscriminate in my admiration although I do not, unlike others, want to repudiate like Vishvamitra), calculated to secure those social and economic aims for which the Preamble stands. With a far-sighted President, with a Prime Minister full of vigour and vision, with genial legislators and a responsible opposition, I think there is nothing to prevent us, under this Constitution, to achieve those aims for which every one of us stands.
‡ Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (Madras : General) : ...All communities have taken part in the framing of this Constitution— Hindus,
*CAD, Official Report, Vol. X 18th November 1949, p. 653.
† Ibid., pp. 660-661.
‡ Ibid., pp. 663-665.