Practicing Success
Who among the following members of the Constituent Assembly held that the Constituent Assembly was "British made" and "working the British plans as the British should like it to be worked out"? |
John Mathai Asaf Ali C. Rajagopalachari Somnath Lahiri |
Somnath Lahiri |
The correct answer is Option (4) → Somnath Lahiri A Communist member, Somnath Lahiri saw the dark hand of British imperialism hanging over the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly. He thus urged the members, and Indians in general, to fully free themselves from the influences of imperial rule. In the winter of 1946-47, as the Assembly deliberated, the British were still in India. An interim administration headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was in place, but it could only operate under the directions of the Viceroy and the British Government in London. Lahiri exhorted his colleagues to realise that the Constituent Assembly was British-made and was "working the British plans as the British should like it to be worked out". So, the correct option is [4]. |