Granville Austin’s Characterization of the Constituent Assembly: A Critical Evaluation of Its One-Party Nature and the Role of the Indian National Congress Introduction Granville Austin’s seminal work The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation (1966) characterizes the Indian Constituent Assembly as a “one-party body in an essentially one-party country,” asserting that “the Assembly was the … Continue reading Critically evaluate Granville Austin’s assertion that the Constituent Assembly functioned as a one-party body in an essentially one-party country, with the Congress embodying both the Assembly and the nation.