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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ প্রথম খণ্ড

 I. H. QURESHI
 MAHMUD HUSAIN
 A.K. KHAN
 J. A. SHAH NAWAZ
 B.L. RALLIA RAM

K. ALI AFZAL,
Secretary to the Committee.
22nd May, 1952.

£Note of Dissent

 We strongly dissent from the decision of the majority that the Caste Hindus, the Scheduled Castes, the Buddhists and the Pakistani Christians should have separate electorates in the constitution of Pakistan. This is good neither for any of the above sections of the public nor for the State. While during the British rule there were two divisions among the people, now in their place there will be at least five divisions. Members elected by such separate electorates are likely to have sectional and communal outlook which will impair the unity among the different communities and the solidarity of the State. Such electorates will cause a perpetual communal majority and communal minority, most unsuitable for a democratic country as also for the freedom, growth and self-expression of its component pans. Under separate electorates, the minorities will live under permanent sense of insecurity and inferiority, as they will feel that they live on sufferance. We are in favor of a joint and common electorate for all sections of the people with reservation of seats for a limited period for the backward classes like the Scheduled castes, Buddhists and others. All separate electorates, whether for a limited period or otherwise, should be given up.

BIRAT CHANDRA MANDAL
PREM HARI BARMA
24th April, 1952.
RAJK UMAR CHAKRAVERTY

 *Subject to Notes of Dissent.

 N.B.-Signatures of the Honorable Khan Sardar Bahadur Khan and Chaudhuri Na2ir Ahmed Khan could not be obtained up to the time the Report was sent to press.

 £This Note of dissent was tendered soon after the meeting held on 22nd April 1952 and it was circulated to members along with the draft report of the Committee containing the recommendation. Mr. C. E. Gibbon, a representative of the Pakistani Christians including Anglo-Pakistanis, and Mr. Phani Bhushn Barua, a representative of the Buddhists, dissociated them from the Note of dissent and appealed to the members Concerned to withdraw their Note of Dissent. This, they further explained, they were doing as they were not member of the Constituent Assembly and as such may not get an opportunity to express their views on it.