The members of the Constituent Assembly were not elected on the basis of universal franchise. In the winter of 1945-46 provincial elections were held in India. The Provincial Legislatures then chose the representatives of the Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly that came into being was dominated by one party.

Who advised B.R. Ambedkar to join the Union cabinet as law minister at independence?

Mahatama Gandhi

During the period of British rule, Ambedkar had been a political opponent of the Congress; but, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, he was asked at Independence to join the Union Cabinet as law minister.