(Source: XII NCERT History Part III Chapter 6)
- In 1945-46 provincial elections were held in India. The provincial legislatures then chose the representatives to the constituent assembly.
- The muslim League party boycott the constituent assembly.
- The constituent assembly had 300 members.
- Of these 300 members, 6 members played particularly important role. They were
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Sardar vallabhai patel
- Rajendra prasad
- B.R.Ambedkar
- K.M. Munshi
- Alladi Krishnaswamy Aiyar
- These six members were given vital assistance by 2 civil servants. they were
- B.N.Rau
- S.N.Mukherjee
- B.N. Rau was constitutional adviser to the government of India.
- S.N.Mukherjee had the ability to put complex proposals in clear legal language.
- On December 13, 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the objective resolution in the constituent assembly.
- On 27 August 1947, B.Pocker Bahadur from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorate.
- Sardar Vallabhai Patel declared that separate electorate was a poison that has entered the body politic of our country.
- N.G.Ranga, a socialist who had been a leader of the peasant movement welcomed the objectives resolution and urged that the term minorities be interpreted in economic terms.