The word ‘minorities‘ is so general that it might apply to linguistic minorities and to minorities based on religion, caste, etc. When we know that the Special Officer is to be appointed for two or three minorities, why not we say here, ‘Anglo-Indians, Scheduled Castes‘ and so on? There is no definition of ‘Minorities‘ in the whole of the Draft Constitution. Therefore let us specify the names of the minorities here. That is my suggestion to the Drafting Committee. We may say that the Scheduled Castes, scheduled tribes and the Anglo-Indians are the three minorities for whom we are making provision here. There are other minorities also. Let us not leave its interpretation to the jurisdiction of courts. Let us here decide what the minorities are. Otherwise any minority can come forward and ask for this or that right.
