In the Constituent Assembly, a leader asked, Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates? If so, I shall be prepared to accept it. Who said this?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Option (1) Govind Ballabh Pant — Incorrect. Pant also opposed separate electorates, but he argued they would be suicidal to the minorities and isolate them.
Option (2) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel — Correct. Sardar Patel asked this. He held that separate electorates were a British legacy that had divided the country.
Option (3) R.V. Dhulekar — Incorrect. Dhulekar opposed separate electorates by saying the English had played their game under the cover of safeguards.
Option (4) N.G. Ranga — Incorrect. Ranga spoke on the Objectives Resolution. He asked that minorities be understood in economic terms.
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