The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 33
[ 33 ] more than the need or the competence of the province. The Nehru-Report mentions that it received a combined memorial from the Hindu, Parsee and Muslim communi ties of Sind urging the necessity of constituting the pro vince into a separate entity. With regard to the finan cial question it had suggested that 4 ' the coat should be cut according to the cloth," i. e. , they should be given an administration compatible with their financial strength, and the matter should not be postponed for long pending economic betterment. But the committee observes that it could not take the declaration as the final solution of the financial problem ( vide p. 69 of the Nehru Report ). The inference is clear that what is intended is to recom mend an administrative machinery for Sindh which it is un equal to bear. And since the people of Sindh could not agree to shoulder such an administration because that would mean for them in its present status an economic loss instead of an economic advancement, the question of separation would naturally have to be dropped altogether. This view is further strengthened by the attitude of Pandit Nehru when, in regard to the motion for the separation of Sindh proposed to have been moved in the Bombay Legislative Council, he advised the Congress party to oppose such a motion in case the Muslim members in sisted upon moving the same. V. -THE LANGUAGE QUESTION. The fifth demand related to language. This demand has been altogether ignored by the Nehru Committee. It cannot, of course, contend that it is a minor matter. That certainly it is not. The future advance or fall of the Muslims lies linked with it. If the future Government of India were to discard Urdu, within a few years the few places which the Muslims still fill at present will be taken away from them, and their peculiar culture will be