He asked members to trust each other. Then he said, \u201cSir, I do not consider my people a minority. We have already heard on the floor of the House this morning that the Depressed Classes<\/a> also consider themselves as Adibasis, the original inhabitants of this country. If you go on adding people like the exterior castes and others who are socially in no man’s land, we are not a minority.<\/em>\u201d He was convinced with the resolution of Nehru that everyone in the House would dealt with tribal justly. He assured to fight for freedom by sitting and working together and supported the resolution of Nehru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Debi Prosad Khaitan of Bengal gave his speech from point of view of a Businessman. He supported the resolution and opposed the amendment of Dr. Jayakar. D. Jayakar was judge of Federal Court and he had given some orbiter dicta<\/em> which were not supported either by the Statement or by circumstances. As per Dr. Jayakar House could only elect the Chairman and lay down the general order of business. Khaitan pointed out that Dr. Jayakar had interpreted the words \u201cgeneral order of business\u201d in very narrow manner. To go ahead it was necessary to lay down general objectives, appoint certain committees, and define the central subjects. If the House failed to define central subjects at that stage, which was called as preliminary stage by Dr. Jayakar, it would not be possible for the Provinces or the Groups to frame their own constitution. Hence it was necessary to find out the central subjects<\/a> and to determine the finances required to administer them. He suggested to form an advisory committee to safeguard the rights of minorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many members approached Jinnah, but all efforts were fruitless, he and his party was not ready to join the Constituent Assembly of India. When interim government was formed he was not ready to accept the invitation of Nehru to join the interim government, but accepted the invitation of Viceroy in contrary. Congress again approached Jinnah, but he asked Churchill <\/a>\u2013 his friend to invite himself to London to clear some misunderstandings between him and Congress. As all other parties were assembled to frame the Constitution, he was spending his time at Cairo to spread a disease called Hindu-phobia, that Hindu Raj would extend to the Mid-East. Jinnah was spreading propaganda. House should not suffer from a disease called Jinnah-phobia and always out of fear of Jinnah and his Muslim League, make the House absolutely helpless and delay the framing of the Constitution, which would ultimately delay freedom of the nation. Hence House should not loose time and should support the resolution moved by Nehru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dambar Singh Gurung of Bengal gave his speech. He was only representatives of 30 lakh Gurkhas permanently domiciled in India. Sikhs were also near about 30 lakh. Gurkhas were having excellent fighting skills. He supported the resolution <\/a>moved by Nehru in capacity of All India Gurkha League. He said, \u201cIf we adopt the policy of wait and see as has been advocated by Dr. Jayakar and supported by Ambedkar, we will never reach our goal. The Interim Government which is functioning to-day would not have come into existence if we had adopted that policy.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Gurkhas were generally soldiers of Military Department under British rule, they were considered as stumbling block on the path to freedom. For them \u201cduty first and duty last\u201d was the only principle. Gurung assured that what they were serving under Briish rule, would serve in free India to the constitutionally established Government. Gurkhas were scattered across India, only in district of Darjeeling and in the Province of Assam <\/a>they were concentrated to a certain extent. They were very backward educationally and economically. Although they had served British rule with full honesty, nothing was done to uplift them by the British Government. British intentionally kept them backward and ignorant so that they might be sacrificed any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before election of members of Constituent Assembly, the All India Gurkha League approached the Congress with sufficient representation. But not a single seat was given to Gurkhas, in-spite of 30 Lakh population. Whereas Congress had given 3 seats to Anglo-Indians<\/a> which were only 1 lakh 42 thousand in India at that time. Gurkhas would not tolerate such kind of injustice anymore. Gurkha League was having support of Maharaja of Nepal and then Gurung asked to treat Gurkhas as minority community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then he requested Jinnah to come to India and settle the differences here, as that was a domestic quarrel. He was seeking help of people who kept Indians including Muslims in slavery <\/a>for centuries. He completed his speech by saying, \u201cIn spite of all this, if Mr. Jinnah goes on throwing the challenge of civil war, I ask the country-men to accept that challenge and let us fight it out. As for the Gurkhas, we will fight along with those who want one India and oppose those who want to divide it.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Note: This article is completely based on Constituent Assembly Debates and only for knowledge purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Previous Parts<\/p>\n\n\n\n CAD: Pledge to Proclaim Independence of India: Part 12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n CAD: Pledge to Proclaim Independence of India: Part 13<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n CAD: Pledge to Proclaim Independence of India: Part 14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bookmark this site for more such informative articles related to law and legal history. Share it on your social circles and don’t forget to comment your opinion to shape the ongoing law making process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Read your own Dhrama Granthas<\/mark>.<\/mark> <\/p>\n\n\nSpeech of Debi Prosad Khaitan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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