Sub-Committee on matters relating to Minorities.- As already stated matters relating to minorities had been referred to the Second Sub-Committee. That SubCommittee issued the following questionnaire to important individuals and organizations in the country with a view to ascertaining the views of the Public.
QUESTIONNAIRE
(1)What should be the political safeguards of a minority
(a) in the Centre, and
(b) in the Province?
(2)What should be the economic safeguards of a minority
(a) in the Centre, and
(b) in the Province?
(3) What safeguards should be provided for a minority with regard to matter
(a) religious,
(b) educational, and
(c) social and cultural?
(4) What methods are suggested to make the safeguards effective?
(5) Should any of the safeguards be eliminated later, and if so, how, when and under what circumstances?
(6) Any other remarks or suggestions with regard to safeguard for a minority.
The views received from the public were circulated to the members of the SubCommittee in a consolidated form and subsequently, the members of the Sub-Committee made their own suggestions in respect of the various kinds of electorate and in view of the great importance of the question it decided to refer it to this Committee. The Committee fully discussed the question and came to the conclusion that with a view to ensuring real representation to all communities, particularly the minorities, it should recommend to the Assembly the adoption of the system of separate electorate. Its recommendation on this point is contained in Article I of Part I of the Annexure. It further decided that, in the interest of expeditions completion of work, the SubCommittee on matters relating to Minorities be dissolved and that the work pending before it should be disposed of by this Committee. Accordingly all matters in the nature of special provisions and safeguards for minorities were considered by this Committee.
The Committee's recommendations are in three parts:
PART I- Deals with Safeguards of minorities. PARTII- Contains
PART II- Contains additional Fundamental Rights.
PART III- Gives additional directive principles of State Policy
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