SECTION VI
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
SECTION I
There should be no separation of Karnatak or Sind from the Bombay Presidency.
SECTION II
Chapter 1. —There should be complete responsibility in the Provincial executive subject to the proviso that if members of the Legislature resolve to make it a reserved subject effect shall be given to their resolution.
Chapter 2. —Under no circumstances should the executive be made irremovable. There shall be no communal representation in the executive. Ministers should be amenable to courts of law for illegal acts. The constitution should provide for the impeachment of Ministers. There should be joint responsibility in the executive. The executive should be presided over by a Prime Minister and not by the Governor.
Chapter 3. —The Governor should have the position of a constitutional head. He should have no emergency powers.
SECTION III
Chapter 1. —There should be adult franchise.
Chapter 2. —The Legislature should be wholly elective. All class and communal electorates should be abolished except for Europeans. Reserved seats should be provided for Mohamedans, Depressed Classes and AngloIndians and to the Non-Brahmins only if the franchise continues to be a restricted one.
Chapter 3. —The Legislature should consist of 140 members. Of these Mohamedans should have 33 and the Depressed Classes 15. The underrepresentation of certain districts and the over-representation of others should be rectified on the basis of population. There should be a Committee to adjust seats between different classes and interests. The requirement of a residential qualification for a candidate should be removed.
Chapter 4. —Lucknow Pact is not a permanent settlement and cannot prevent consideration of the question arising out of it afresh and on their own merits.