The question is:
“That with reference to amendment No. 3163 of the List of Amendments, (Volume II), for article 296, the following be substituted :- Claims of minority communities to services and posts.’296. Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding article the claims of all minority communities shall be taken into consideration consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration, in the making of appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of the State for the time being specified in Parts I & III of the First Schedule’. ‘Explanation.–Among other Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Anglo-Indians and Parsees shall be recognised as minority communities.'”
(The amendment was negatived.)