The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
The correct match is:
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List - I
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List - II
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(A) Jaipal Singh
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(III) Protection of Tribes
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(B) B. Pocker Bahadur
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(IV) Separate Electorate to continue for Minorities
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(C) Balakrishna Sharma
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(I) Strong United Centre
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(D) J. Nagappa
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(II) Depressed Castes
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Explanation:
Jaipal Singh was a representative of the tribals in the Constituent Assembly. Jaipal Singh spoke eloquently on the need to protect the tribes, and ensure conditions that could help them come up to the level of the general population.
On 27 August 1947, B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates. Minorities exist in all lands, argued Bahadur; they could not be wished away, they could not be “erased out of existence”. The need was to create a political framework in which minorities could live in harmony with others, and the differences between communities could be minimised. This was possible only if minorites were well represented within the political system, their voices heard.
The argument for greater power to the provinces provoked a strong reaction in the Assembly. The need for a strong centre had been underlined on numerous occasions since the Constituent Assembly had begun its sessions. Ambedkar had declared that he wanted “a strong and united Centre (hear, hear) much stronger than the Centre we had created under the Government of India Act of 1935”. Reminding the members of the riots and violence that was ripping the nation apart, many members had repeatedly stated that the powers of the Centre had to be greatly strengthened to enable it to stop the communal frenzy. Reacting to the demands for giving power to the provinces, Gopalaswami Ayyangar declared that “the Centre should be made as strong as possible”. One member from the United Provinces, Balakrishna Sharma, reasoned at length that only a strong centre could plan for the well-being of the country, mobilise the available economic resources, establish a proper administration, and defend the country against foreign aggression.
Nagappa pointed out that numerically the Depressed Castes were not a minority: they formed between 20 and 25 percent of the total population. Their suffering was due to their systematic marginalization, not their numerical insignificance. They had no access to education and no share in the administration. |
