- Gautam Pingle Some Seemandhra leaders have been going round the country advocating an amendment to Article 3 which empowers Parliament and the Union of India to change the borders and names of its constituent states. The Supreme Court in Keshavananda Bharthi case held that not even a Constitutional amendment could stand if it were to affect the basic structure of the Constitution of which Article 3 is a part. Be that as it may, Article 3, so convincingly argued and drafted by Dr Ambedkar, did not quite consider or anticipate the ingenuity of Andhra leaders. Originally, the relevant part of the Proviso to Article 3, drafted by Ambedkar and enacted by the Constituent Assembly, read thus: “The views of ...

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