Which of the following members supported the idea of separate electorates for minorities during the debates in the Constituent Assembly?

B. Pocker Bahadur

The correct answer is Option 1 - B. Pocker Bahadur

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.