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EVIDENCE : MR. M.K. ACHARYA AND OTHERS 733
Mr. Deshpande: Yes, everybody has his own.
10,785. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: And you still think a few Brahmins in the Satara district would represent the non-Brahmins ?
Mr. Deshpande: So far as I am concerned.
10,786. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Do you think that you and Mr. Jadhav, the leader of the non-Brahmins, would go together on most of these points in the Memorandum ?
Mr. Deshpande: I do not know about Mr. Jadhav; I know about mine.
10,787. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Do you dine together ?
Mr. Deshpande: Mr. Jadhav and myself, no.
10,788. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: In the Madras Presidency there is a Justice party consisting of the non-Brahmins ?
Mr. M. K. Acharya: There was a party some years ago. I do not know if it is as active now.
10,789. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: But it did exist for a year or two ?
Mr. M. K. Acharya: It existed for seven or eight years.
10,790. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: There is again a very strong cleavage between the Brahmins and the non-Brahmins in the Madras Presidency ?
Mr. M. K. Acharya: Not a very strong cleavage upon what might be called religious questions at all.
10,791. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: They have a separate organisation of their own ?
Mr. M. K. Acharya: I believe in the Justice party Brahmins are being admitted now.
10,792. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: But hitherto they were not admitted ?
Mr. M. K. Acharya: They are admitting even Brahmins now and, therefore, they are changing.
10,793. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Would it be correct to say that you are only representing the views of the Brahmins ?
Mr. M. K. Acharya: Quite incorrect
10,794. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Now I want to ask you a question, Mr. Deshpande. In your Memorandum No. 64, I do not find any comment on the Poona Pact : Is that so ?
Mr. Deshpande: There is none.
10,795. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Is that true ?
Mr. Deshpande: It is true.
10,796. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Mr. Acharya, in your Memorandum No. 65, apart from this one line on page 3 : “It is upon its merits we condemn the Poona Pact,” there is no reference to it ?
Mr. M. K. Acharya: That was quite enough, I thought.
10,797. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: This joint production of yours is the latest thought, is it not ?