Tag: importance and principles of secularism

Pakistan under Musharraf should not be called a democracy as the country there is ruled by orders of army. There sis no separation of Power between organs here.

Sovereignty is the full power of a body to govern itself. It is the supreme power in decision making without interference from external sources. In political terms, it has two aspects, internal and external.

Democracy is a system in which power ultimately comes from the people. It is of two types- direct and representative. An example of direct democracy is referendum where people directly vote on the issue. In representative democracy, people vote for their representatives and are governed through them. Therefore, in a democracy, people are considered sovereign.

Socalism is a political and economic theory which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. It is a system in which  goods and services are provided through  government ownership rather than through competition and a free market system. Therefore, everyone has a right over the wealth of the country.

A republic is a form of government in which the government is represented by elected individuals and ruled according to the rule of law under a constitution. When a public position is occupied by a person on the basis of hereditary succession, the system is called a monarchy.

India seeks to secure social, economic and political justice for its people which are specified in the Preamble. Economic Justice means no discrimination against anyone on the basis of income, wealth and economic status. It eventually protects an individual from the evils of hunger, hunger deaths, malnourishment, etc.

India seeks to secure social, economic and political justice for its people which is specified in the Preamble. Social Justice means the absence of socially privileged classes in the society and no discrimination against any citizen on grounds of caste, creed, colour, religion, sex or place of birth. It also stands for elimination of all forms exploitation from the society.

The term liberty in a positive sense means the absence of restriction on the activities of individual and providing opportunities for development. The Preamble of the Constitution secures all citizens of India liberty of thought, expression, belief faith, and worship, through fundamental rights which can be enforced in a court of law if a violation occurs. A person has the liberty to freely propagate and profess any faith or religion and worship the same.

Our Constitution provides liberty of thoughts, expression and that of religion in form of fundamental rights, enforceable in a court of law if violated. The Freedom of expression is called the mother of all liberties. It implies that every citizen has the right to express his views, opinions, belief, and thoughts. This freedom is considered as Hallmark of democracy for the proper functioning of Government.

Preamble is an introductory statement that states the source of authority, date of adoption, guiding principles, etc. Also, it specifies character and values like sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic, justice, liberty, equality, fraternity. It talks about equality of status and opportunity to all and its promotion among the citizens.