The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 88
f BB I M. . ,. rut. M11znfl ·rnagar. Arnbnl:i and JJ -)hi hould b. . t1n. . n :x,·d to dH· P1u,j�b, w! uJd not th_. , J --m majority in tlu provir1cc h • at ,,nc. . c. . . c nv · rt ""d into a minority] Ancl with tlH: Musfjrn. rnnj,Hity ir th. . . . two Mu Jim pro vin ·R c-ornp),::1,-ly d ·Rtrn of aJJ the hop • of fr. . pro r nt r tnin. . d l,y t hc, MuaJirnH I Sirnilar)y anstitution propo d by th Nehru l{c·port th ·r<� rH • r/'lany oth. . r av --nu. . op n for the-. entraJ (�ovr<�nrnf'nt c:ith _. r to cornp] ""t. . Jy aboli h the Mu9Ji,n provinces of the Punj, h and B ngal or to make the f linduH prc·dorninant i n th m. But und r th feclt:raJ form of (�ovc;rnrnent dr·mand d b y th. . Mu lim , such ,-vc·ntur,litie;s wiJJ b<· ,thoi� ·th =-r irnpo ibl. . , b cau undc·r a federal kYfil rn of (�,,vernm nt. th provinc will be the rc;a] rnaslcrs r1nd the entr 1 Gov rnm nt will have only dcJegate<l authority with pow r to int rf. . r only in rnatter!i transf rr<·<l to it ·ontro) b y th provinc s thcm}u·lv<:fL /\� such, it shall hav no pow. . r to tan1p r with th<� territorinl Ji111its of any I rovin · without it con sent. nor lo dt'. priv,. . it of auy of it pow r on th all ga tion of tnis�govern,,u. . nt. 1t cnnnot b. . urg J h ·r that, when th ntral Gov�rnrn nt is th supr n1 h ad alik of th 1-Iindu provinces and th Muslirn provinces, what reason have th MusJims for con1plaint? I· or, th simple reason is that I linclu-Muslim ·r lations ar not cordial. nor is there any likelihood of their improv ment in th n ar future. And even if th mutual relations should show some im- 'provement. the chang unclc. . r th existing conditions can hardly b depended upon, as th history of the last fifteen years shows that they undergo changes several times a year. Further. it is a strange irony of fate that the Muslims are always th losing party, whether their rela-