As noted in the Constituent Assembly debates, who made the following statement: “The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind”?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Vallabhbhai Patel
In the Constituent Assembly some members asked for separate electorates for minorities. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel opposed the demand. He argued that separate electorates had been brought in by the British for their own easy administration, and that they had turned one community against another and led to the tragic partition of the country. “The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind,” he said, and he asked the Assembly not to carry that mischief forward.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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| 23-05 S2 | 15-05 S2* | – | 30-05 S2* 12-06 S3* 18-06 S1* | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2025-26): “3.1 The problem with separate electorates … Separate electorates was a ‘poison that has entered the body politic of our country’, declared Sardar Patel. It was a demand that had turned one community against another, divided the nation, caused bloodshed, and led to the tragic partition of the country.…”
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