It may also be pointed out that the general demand is for the transfer of power to Indians, but as to the alocation of the power interest, there is and will remain a wide divergence of interests and opinions. Forcing of foreign political theories and ideology on India would be to impose and intellectual, social and cultural thraldom of the first order. At the same time, we have to remember that India is a Sub-Continent with diverse cultures, races religions and communities, it is pertinent to note that not only the conservative Hindu opinion and experience, but also the conservative British opinion and the Muslim opinion is against the working of mere Democracy in India. Nor has it remained hidden what are the reactions of this Democracy on the Indian States, and its working on the religious assets of the Hindus. It is also notorious how dictatorial and totalitarian tendencies have grown in strength under such a regime, how easy it has been for looser and self-centred doctrines to make headway and how impossible it has been for the “Straight and Narrow Path” of religious people to find place in the bigger Assemblies of Political India. We may note that for the fundamental object of full expression of public views on necessary matters, large People’s Assemblies.* are given a statutory place in the present scheme, and they are given recommendatory powers in order that the lure of totalitarian authority may not, as it usually does, bring in the rule of strong Cliques and Dictators, and defeat the very purpose of general well-being. It may not be overlooked that the democratic basis for Constitution has been the most potent means of dividing the Indian people in the very initiation, and the Hindu with his special Achaar Dharma and Cultural demarcation has not met with much welcome in mixed, secular, democratic electorates. The foundations of the people’s religious Protection should be laid in the Fundamentals of the State and consolidated by Reference to established principles and bodies rather than to hap-hazard or induce majorities of persons.
