The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 121
[ 121 ) agreement is not possible among them, they cannot evidently form a purely Muslim party to hold sway either in the Punjab, or in Bengal; it will of necessity have to include Hindu elements in its rank. The question of domination, therefore, does not arise at all. This fear of the Nehru Committee is thus a figment of their own imagination caused by their strong communal bias. They have attributed to the Muslims what was by no means signified by their demand. The fact is that there is a possibility,-nay, a certainly of communal domination in the predominantly Hindu provinces, where the Hindu majority is so large that, even if divided into sections, it would still succeed in setting up a Hindu class-rule. I admit that there are similar chances for the i\luslims in the N. W. F. Provinces, Sindh, etc. But these pro vinces are so small that they are not likely to influence the Indian situation to any considerable degree. Four th Argument. There are other cogent reasons for laying so much stress upon a �ajority representation for the 1\1uslims in the Punjab and Bengal Councils. I have already proved that in the Punjab and Bengal, the Muslims with a bare majority cannot manage to rule the country to the com plete exclusion of other communities, even if they are granted a reservation of seats. In both of these pro vinces, the parties in power are sure to include Hindu elements. In spite of thi�. there is no doubt that what ever party might be in power, the Government in these provinces, shall have a considerable proportion of the Muslims in its personnel, which no future Government of those provinces under any circumstances would be able to i gn ore. Having elucidated this point, let us for