Source from Theme-15 – “Framing the Constitution’ PG-419 NCERT 1 How did G.B Pant encourage citizens to make a unified nation?

Question

Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows. 

“There cannot be any divided loyalty” 

Govind Ballabh Pant argued that in order to become loyal citizens people had to stop focusing only on the community and the self: For the success of democracy one must train himself in the art of self-discipline. In democracies one should care less for himself and more for others. There cannot be any divided loyalty. All loyalties must exclusively be centred round the State. If in a democracy, you create rival loyalties, or you create a system in which any individual or group, instead of suppressing his extravagance, cares nought for larger or other interests, then democracy is doomed. 

Cad, Vol.Ii 

Source from Theme-15 – “Framing the Constitution’ PG-419 NCERT 

1 How did G.B Pant encourage citizens to make a unified nation?

2 Why did he urge citizens for loyalty towards nation?

3 How was loyalty considered as the base of social pyramid?

Answer 1

“There cannot be any divided loyalty” 

1 (i) According to Pant one should care less for himself and more for nation to make it strong and unified

2 (ii) According to him, for making nation successful, Individual should care less for personal gain and focus more on collective benefit and for the development of nation in all perspectives.

2 (i) He suggested that nothing should be done for personal gain which can harm the interest of other person or large section of people 

(ii) This philosophy promotes people centric benefits instead of individual centric. 

(iii) Any other relevant point