8. The Committee are fully alive to the fact that decisions once reached should not be changed lightly, Conditions have, however, vastly changed since August 1947 and the Committee are satisfied that the minorities themselves feel that in their own interests, no less than in the interest of the country as a whole, the statutory reservation of seats for religious minorities should be abolished. The Committee accordingly recommends that the provisions of Part XIV of the Draft Constitution should be amended in the light of the decisions now taken.

Yours truly,

VALLABHBHAI PATEL,

Chairman