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Constituent Assembly Debates Friday 18th July 1947 Official Report

1947

In view of thimportance of the task undertaken and the relation of the province& to the Indian Union provision is made for obtaining the previous: sanction of the Union Government. [...] In the rbport or rather the Draft Constitution which is going to be placed before this Assembly for the Union Parliament The House of the People [it says in Clause 14(1)(c)l shall consist of representtives of the people of the territories of the Federation in the proportion of not less than 1 reptesentative for every million of the population and not more than 1 reprsentative for every 750 [...] Therfore I would request that the Mover of the resolution may enlighten the House whether the province will be able to give representation on a lower basis to the peoples of the hill areas where in a large terrtory the population is small. [...] But with the present set up and with the result of the referendum in the district of Sylhet of the Province of Assam she has again been relegated to the Cindrella Province of the Indian Federation. [...] for Honourable Members will be glad to know that all the Members from Assam present in the Constituent Assembly have sent a joint letter to the Honourable the President expressing the views of Assam riot merely of the Congress and the Muslim League but the entire population of Assam that we do not want any Second Chamber in the future consttution.
government politics public policy
Pages
37
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100003
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Presentation of Credentials and Signing of the Register
665-665 unknown view
Report on the Principles of a Model Provincial Constitutionā€”Contd
665-696 unknown view
Appendix
697-697 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view