Who declared that “the Centre should be made as strong as possible” i…

NCERT (2026-27): “4.2 ‘What we want today is a strong Government’ … The need for a strong centre had been underlined on numerous occasions since the Constituent Assembly had begun its sessions. Ambedkar had declared that he wanted ‘a strong and united Centre (hear, hear) much stronger than the Centre we had created under the Government of India Act of 1935’. Reminding the members of the riots and violence that was ripping the nation apart, many members had repeatedly stated that the powers of the Centre had to be greatly strengthened to enable it to stop the communal frenzy. Reacting to the demands for giving power to the provinces, Gopalaswami Ayyangar declared that ‘the Centre should be made as strong as possible’. One member from the United Provinces, Balakrishna Sharma, reasoned at length that only a strong centre could plan for the well-being of the country, mobilise the available economic resources, establish a proper administration, and defend the country against foreign aggression.…”