The House will bear with me when I remind them when I bring to their notice in what ways and in what manner this part of the Bill strikes a retrograde note, a reactionary note, even as compared with that piece of legislation the Government of India Act,1935– which was at that time and even later on, condemned, not merely by those leaders of ours today but by many others too in our country. My honourable friend, Dr. Deshmukh has laid his finger on Sections 61 and 291 of this Act. Even this reactionary Government of India Act– it was dubbed reactionary by most progressive thinkers, by most progressive leaders in our country–and even this Section 291 of this Act does not divest the Provincial Legislatures of any power with respect to those matters specified in that section.
