Study the following extract (Source 1) mentioned in NCERT textbook (page 163) and answer the questions that follow:

We must give them security and rights

Nehru wrote in a letter to the Chief Ministers of states:

... we have a Muslim minority who are so large in numbers that they cannot, even if they want, go anywhere else. That is a basic fact about which there can be no argument. Whatever the provocation from Pakistan and whatever the indignities and horrors inflicted on non-Muslims there, we have got to deal with this minority in a civilised manner. We must give them security and the rights of citizens in a democratic state.

Questions:

(i)What problem is mentioned by Nehru in this letter?

(ii)How does he plan to solve the problems?