The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 43
[ 43 ] are vested in the Central Government, where their repre sentation, as apportioned by the Nehru Committee, will be less than what it is now. When our present experi ence shows that in spite of our thirty per cent. representa tion in the Assembly, we fail to have our way even by joining hands with Government members, what may --Ne expect to achieve in future, when we shall be reduced to 25% only, and when the British element will be com pletely absent ; particularly when the question will be not one of general policy but of strengthening the present weak position of the Muslim community by effecting changes in the constitution. Can any sensible person even for a moment conceive that a single Hindu vote will go in favour of the Muslims over such a pro posal? Again, can any sensible man conceive that 25% Muslims will be able to force the hands of 25 �6 non Muslims and get the law passed in their favour? Specially when it is a question appertaining to a change not of the ordinary law but of the constitutional law, which it is still more difficult to bring about. The Nehru Com mittee in their report lays down the fallowing procedure in respect of future alterations in the constitutional law : -" Parliament may, by law, repeal or alter any of the provisions of the constitution, provided that the bill em bodying such repeal or alteration shall be passed by both Houses of Parliament sitting together and at the third reading shall be agreed to by not less than two-thirds of the total number of both Houses. A bill so passed at such a joint sitting shall be taken to have been duly passed by both Houses of Parliaments. " In accordance with the above rule if the Muslims should in future find that they committed a blunder in accepting the Nehru Committee•s recommendations and were rather hasty in relinquishing their demands, then in