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In an interview to discuss the Indian constitution, as it approaches its 75th anniversary on January 26, Justice Madan Lokur has said that India has a good constitution, but at critical moments it’s been let down by people whose job is to honour it.
Justice Lokur said that B.R. Ambedkar was “spot on” when he said that a good constitution can be rendered a poor product if the men and women whose duty is to defend it do so improperly.
In a 40-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Justice Lokur spoke both about Indira Gandhi’s dictatorial behaviour during the Emergency as well as similar behaviour from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in recent years.
