fully qualified This indicates that these young men are not seen in employment in our country not because they are unable to secure it, but because they are not desirous of serving this country. They apparently do not feel happy here, which indicates that they are not reconciled to the idea of Pakistan. Soon after the abrogation of the late Constitution, when the present regime took effective steps against persons cvading income tax and foreign exchange restrictions, a Caste Hindu judge of the Dacca High Court, who had gone to West Bengal for the vacation, failed to return and ultimately resigned. A Hindu CSP officer, who was transferred to West Pakistan, left the country and settled down in India. As long as these members of the minority community have The feeling, that their families will not be happy in Pakistan, it cannot be said that they sincerely want a merger with the majority, in the sense that there should be only one electorate, sharing with us our advantages and disadvantages. In Chapter 1, we have stated how the provincial government of East Pakistan was constrained, on account of pressure by the Hindu members of the Assembly, on whose support it mainly depended, to abandon the “closed- door operation” scheme against smuggling, though those operations have been so successful that, in the course of one month, goods worth over a crore of rupees were seized. This is hardly consistent with the high sense of citizenship, in this section of the minorities, to which the then Prime Minister paid a tribute In these circumstances, their demand for joint electorate seems clearly to be for some ulterior purpose other than the welfare of Pakistan. Some of the witnesses, while referring to this aspect of the matter, stated that the Caste Hindus who lived in Pakistan, leaving their families in West Bengal, are under the influence of that part of India, and that their demand was due to a desire to influence the elections against the ideology of Pakistan. Having regard to the course of probable human conduct, we are not prepared to say that this view is not amply justified. As for the fact that in Other Muslim countries there arc joint electorates, which was one of the points urged for a joint clectorate, in the Assembly debates, it appear to have been overlooked that, by the time a representative form of government, requiring elections to he held, came into force in those countries. The minorities (here had. for centuries, seuled down as the nationals of those countries and had no reason to look for guidance from outside. They have, generation after generation, been living, with their families and their young men have been serving in those countries But in Pakistan, the tendency of the Caste Ilindus has been otherwise, and. till we can reasonably be certain that they have reconciled themselves to the continuance of Pakistan, it does not appear safe to have joint electorate, apart from the fact that the majority of scheduled castes are not in its favor. Another reason given by one of the advocates of separate electorates. ... an experienced politician. ... is that, in case joint clectorate is adopted, there is likelihood of the Muslims doing propaganda against Hindus being elected, which might lead to communal friction In our opinion, there is considerable force in this view.
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Conclusion Regarding Electorate
117. We. therefore, recommend that the President, the Vice-President, the Ilouse of the People and the Legislative Assemblies of East and West Pakistan should be elected directly on a restricted adult franchise which should be determined by a Franchise
