BR Ambedkar was a votary of preventive detention. However, he did warn that ‘if hereafter things go wrong, we will have nobody to blame except ourselves.’

Detainees would not be allowed to have a lawyer represent them before the panel deciding whether they should be released.

BR Ambedkar was a votary of preventive detention. However, he did warn that ‘if hereafter things go wrong, we will have nobody to blame except ourselves.’