Discuss the different arguments made in favour of protection of the oppressed groups.
(a) It was felt that the oppressed groups like the tribals and untouchables needed special safeguards to enable them to come up to the level of the general population.
(b) The tribals for instance needed to be integrated into the national mainstream as perceiving them to be backward, society has spurned them.
(c) Moreover their land had been snatched away and they had been deprived of their forests and pastures.
(d) Society had used the services and labour of the untouchables but kept them isolated socially.
(e) Their sufferings were due to their systematic marginalisation. They had no access to education and no share in the administration. Therefore constitutional legislation was needed to improve their position.
