Read the passage and answer the questions:

"The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind"

It is no use saying that we ask for separate electorates, because it is good for us. We have heard it long enough. We have heard it for years, and as a result of this agitation we are now a separate nation... Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates? If so, I shall be prepared to accept it. But in this unfortunate country if this separate electorate is going to be persisted in, even after the division of the country, woe betide the country; it is not worth living in. Therefore, I say, it is not for my good alone, it is for your own good that I say it, forget the past. One day, we may be united... The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind. We do not want to perpetuate that mischief. (Hear, hear). When the British introduced this element they had not expected that they will have to go so soon. They wanted it for their easy administration. That is all right. But they have left the legacy behind. Are we to get out of it or not?

Who is the speaker of this passage?

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

The correct answer is Option (2) → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

He made these remarks in the Constituent Assembly debates, arguing against the continuation of the system of separate electorates that the British had introduced. He viewed this system as a divisive "mischief" that would perpetuate communal tensions and prevent the unity of an independent India. His argument was that no free country in the world had such a system, and continuing it would be detrimental to the newly formed nation.