Harijan Poona - Saturday October 8 1938

But the rejection of the resolution does not in any way affect the position of the Congress as defined in the following Article of the constitution : Article XIX ( A ): The proceedings of the Congress the All India Congress Committee and the Working Committee shall ordinarily be conducted in Hindustani. [...] " Hindustani according to the practice of the Congress is the language of the people of the north and is written either in Devanagari or Urdu script. [...] Indeed it has been the policy of the Congress more and more to insist on the use of Hindustani at all the meetings and in the proceedings of congress committees. [...] 2. In view of the fact that doubt has been raised regarding the function of the Parliametary Sub-Committee the Working Committee desires to make it clear that in accordance with the resolution appointing it the Parlimentary Sub-Committee is required to be in close and constant touch with the working of the Congress parties in all the legislatures in the provinces to advise them in all th [...] I would appeal to the press and the public to restrain themselves in the criticism of the action of the Bengal Government in the matter and not embarrass them by bitter criticism.