Constituent Assembly of India Debates

will have none of them neither Emperor nor dictator nor Commonwealth nor Dominion.
We win have our Union only of Socialist Republics, nothing less than that.
This is my general objection, but since you have included the States Woo, my
objection becomes ten times stronger. What powers have you given to our provinces?
To my mind, you have curtailed their rights and powers which they had got even
before independence. You have not increased them even by an iota. Rather you have
curtailed them. But this depends on your sweet will as you have got the majority. It is
but natural that all the members here are compelled to be bound by the Congress
decisions. In fact, there should be no question of the Congress Party or the Muslim
League Party as you have forsaken communalism Justice demands that every member
here should be told that they can live as members of political parties and not as
Hindus & Muslims.
What is the necessity for your having a strong centre vesting all powers in the
centre only? What is the ground and what is your objective?
Sir, you see I have said all this as you have given no powers to the provinces, and
I point doubt this to you, for, you treat us as if an of us were fools.
Therefore I ask my friend Mr. Gopalaswami Ayyangar not to befool himself by
saying that you want a strong Centre. I don't recognize that Centre. The only Centre
that I will recognize will be that of our Union of Socialist Republics.]*
Mr. Tajmul Husain: I would like to know whether the Maulana wants a weak
centre or a strong centre.
Mr. President: *[Maulana Sahib, you are at liberty to have your say on the
motion you are moving i.e., whether this resolution should be taken into consideration
or not.]*
Maulana Hasrat Mohani: *[I say you could have intertained this suspicion till
Pakistan had not been separated.]*
Mr. President: Order, order. Maulana, you are really straying beyond the scope of
the discussion. You have moved a Resolution that the consideration of the Report be
adjourned. Now, you are going into the merits of the Report itself apart from that, you
have brought in many other matters which have no relevance to your Resolution.
Maulana Hasrat Mohani: *[I would like to say that you have roped in the States
with the bait that they would continue to exercise all powers of the Centre as before,
except Defence, Foreign Affairs and Communications. I strongly object to this. He (Mr.
Gopalaswami Ayyangar) thinks he is the only clever lawyer and every body else is a
fool.]*
Mr. President: Order, order. Maulana, I think you had better confine yourself to
your own motion.
Maulana Hasrat Mohani: *[If this right has been given to them (the States) then
at least similar or more rights should be given to the Provinces otherwise this is all a
fraud. Hence, unless you clarify the whole thing, it is all nonsense and needs no