“I believe separate electrorates will be suicidal to the minorities” During the debate on 27 August 1947, Govind Ballabh Pant said:

I believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities and will do them tremendous harm. If they are isolated for ever, they can never convert themselves into a majority and the feeling of frustration will cripple them even from the very beginning. What is it that you desire and what is our ultimate objective ? Do the minorities always want to remain as minorities or do they ever expect to form an integral part of a great nation and as such to guide and control its destinies ? If they do, can they ever achieve that aspiration and that ideal if they are isolated from the rest of the community ? I think it would be extremely dangerous for them if they were segregated from the rest of the community and kept aloof in an air-tight compartment where they would have to rely on others even for the air they breathe .... The minorities if they are returned by separate electorates can never have any effective voice.

A.

How will separate electorates prove suicidal to the minorities ? Explain the views of G.B. Pant.

B.

Will the creation of separate electorates solve the problem of minorities ? If so, how?

C.

Suggest any one way to solve the problem of minorities.