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Constituent Assembly Debates. Official Report Wednesday 25th May 1949

1949

Whatever may be the object of that proposal the Advisory Committee thought it fit to give due consideration to the proposal of the Sikhs because the members of the' Committee always felt a sort of responsibility for the susceptibilities and sentiments of the Sikh community which has suffered vastly by the partition of the Punjab. [...] The Committee considering - the whole situation came to the conclusion that the limb has come when the vast majority of the minority communities have themselves realised after great reflection the evil effects in the past of such reservation on the minorities themselves and the reservations should be dropped. [...] Then how are they to bring that to the notice of the Government?' Can anybody say that things will go on in such a way that no section of the people will have anything to say about the affairs of the people as managed by every section of the personnel of the Government? [...] It is the opposition I should say to any demand that the minority communities -may make and it is not I think the characteristic of the masses to oppose such demands but the characteristic of the political parties to do so because love of power is at the root of this attitude of the political parties. [...] As I said one section of the people will go to the other section of the people the minority community will go through their representtives to the majority community and to the Government and to the Parliment.
government politics public policy
Pages
51
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100003
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-269 unknown view
India (Central Government and Legislature) (Amendment) Bill
269-269 unknown view
Report of Advisory Committee on Minorities etc.
269-309 unknown view
Appendix
310-316 Vallabhbhai Patel view