Identify the odd one out from the following members of the Constituent Assembly who demanded justice for the groups they spoke for:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Hansa Mehta
Option (1) Dakshayani Velayudhan — Incorrect. Dakshayani Velayudhan from Madras spoke for the Harijans. She asked for the moral safeguard and the immediate removal of their social disabilities.
Option (2) J. Nagappa — Incorrect. J. Nagappa from Madras spoke for the Depressed Castes. He said they formed 20 to 25 per cent of the population, so they were not a minority.
Option (3) Hansa Mehta — Correct. Hansa Mehta of Bombay is the odd one. She did not speak for the Depressed Castes; she demanded justice for women, not reserved seats or separate electorates.
Option (4) K.J. Khanderkar — Incorrect. K.J. Khanderkar of the Central Provinces also spoke for the Depressed Castes. He told the Assembly that they had been suppressed for thousands of years.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.3 “We were suppressed for thousands of years” … “Hansa Mehta of Bombay demanded justice for women, not reserved seats, or separate electorates. We have never asked for privileges. What we have asked for is social justice, economic justice, and political justice. We have asked for that equality which alone can be the basis of mutual respect and understanding, without which real cooperation is not possible between man and woman.” |