The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) preference for a new Constitution, favouring a presidential form of government for India, is well-known. Recently, the debate about the "need" to change the Constitution has been revived by the publication of two articles by public intellectuals aligned with the party/government.
The Director of the India Foundation has argued for a presidential system. Another article by a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (which has since distanced itself from his views) argues that established Constitutional truths must be revisited and tested for their efficacy. Seemingly occasioned by the 77th Independence Day
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