Who made a powerful plea to continue ‘separate electorates’ on 27th August 1947?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B. Pocker Bahadur
On 27 August 1947, B. Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea in the Constituent Assembly for continuing separate electorates, arguing that minorities could not be wished away and needed a real voice in the political system.
NCERT (2025-26): “3.1 The problem with separate electorates … 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.…” |