The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 19
l 19 l it obligatory on the part of Government to provide facili ties for the teaching of the same in local educational institutions. Yl. -FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND PROPAGANDA. The sixth demand emphasises the necessity of Gov ernment's scrupulous non-interference in matters pertain ing to religion and the propagation thereof. It should neither impose restrictions on conversions nor should it have any right to pass such legislation as is likely to ad versely affect the culture or economic position of any community, as for instance, a law regulating cow slaughter must be passed only when three-fifths of the members of the community affected by it are in support of the same. VIL-THE CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENT THEREOF. In addition to the above I have been repeatedly urging a seventh demand namely that the above-men tioned rights should be embodied in the constitution, and it should be provided that the constitutional law should not undergo any alteration unless and until two-thirds of the elected members should vote in support of the pro posed change. Nor should this be considered sufficient. The same majority of elected members must support such a proposal in three consecutive councils before it is passed into law. And when the proposed changes directly affect any particular community at least two thirds of the members representing the same must in three consecutive councils approve of the proposed changes before the same should be placed on the statute.