Name the leader in the Constituent Assembly debates who raised the issues of tribal marginality?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Jaipal Singh
Jaipal Singh, a representative of the tribals in the Constituent Assembly, spoke on the need to protect the tribes, who had been dispossessed of their land, deprived of their forests and pastures, and spurned by the rest of society.
NCERT (2026-27): “15. Vijayalakshmi 17 Dec.1946 United Pandit … One of the groups mentioned by Ranga, the tribals, had among its representatives to the Assembly the gifted orator Jaipal Singh.… Signing Register … 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. Tribes were not a numerical minority, he argued, but they needed protection. They had been dispossessed of the land they had settled, deprived of their forests and pastures, and forced to move in search of new homes. Perceiving them as primitive and backward, the rest of society had turned away from them, spurned them.…” |