The Indian Quarterly Register January-June 1926

Ulemas of Bengal and Assam under the presidency of Moulana Idris condemned the views of Sir Abdur Rahim in his address as Chairman of the Reception Committee of the Jamiatul-Ulema-I Hind that Bengali should not be made the medium of instructions and held that Bengali is the mother tongue of the Mussalmans of the province and its adotion as medium would contribute to the educational progress. [...] is regards the work in the Councils the Congress adopted on behal of the country the terms of the settlement offered to the Government by the Svihraj and Independent parties of the Assembly by the resolution passed on the 18th February 1924 and in view of the fact that there had beer] ntesponse on behalf of the Government the Congress resolved upon certain steps to be taken in the various legisla [...] By the same resolution the Congress callgd upon the A. I. C. C. to frame a programme of work including the education of the electorates and authorised it to lay down the lines upon which the general.elections were to be run by and in the name of the Congress and to state clearly the issues on which Congressmen were to seek election. [...] The power thus conferred upon the A. I. C. C. was subject to the important proviso that " the policy of non-acceptance of offices in the gift of the Government shall continue to be followed until in the opinion of the Congress a satisfactory response to the settlement offered by the Assembly is made by the Government'. [...] " This meeting having taken into consideration the pronouncem.ents made in the Council of State and the Legislative Assembly by the Governor-General and the Home Member referred to in the report of the special Committee is of opinion that the intstence of the Secretary of State and the Government of India on full co-operation lir rep senfives of the people under existing conditions clearly dem