মলের সহিত পত্র-ব্যবহার లి( You have very kindly suggested that I and my friends should define clearly and concisely what we want. This has been done by the Moderates before, and will no doubt be done again, and the Government of India knows that all that we ask for is a larger share in the control and direction of our own affairs.... পৃথক নিৰ্বাচন সম্বন্ধে রমেশচন্দ্রের মত অতি স্পষ্ট ছিল ; তিনি এ বিষয়ে মলেকে যাই লেখেন, তাই উদ্ধত করি }র যোগ্য :– } } }èc. 1907. The Provincial Governments of India are now preparing schemes for the expansion of the Provincial Councils, and the schemes are based on distinctions of classes, and castes and creeds.... Government might take power to nominate and appoint six members from classes and castes not adequately represented by election. The total of non-official members will thus he about twenty. §ngland has ruled India for a century and a half on the just and correct principle of equality and fairness towards all castes itnd creeds. The new proposal of creating electorates according to castes and creeds is attended with danger. It will create jealousies and hatreds, accentuate differences in daily life, forment riots and disturbances, and be a source of political danger to the Empire. European Governments do not now form separate electorates for Protestants and Roman Catholics, they wisely ignore religious distinctions in political and administrative matters. The same wise impartiality can be pursued in the East, and the rights of the less advanced classes can be secured in the way indicated above, Apart from what has been stated above, there are some grave objections to elections by castes and creeds which I indicate below, very briefly. It is the British Government and British Schools and Colleges which have taught us to disregard caste distinctions in public affairs and in civic life, is it for the British Government
