WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : APPENDIX XI 351
The Working Committee of the All-India Scheduled Castes Federation feels that while, in the absence of an alternative system, the Parliamentary system of Government may have to be accepted, the Committee is definitely opposed to the system of Parliamentary cabinet inasmuch as it automatically vests the Executive authority in the Majority Community and thereby strengthens the hold of the Majority Community which has entered into the steel frame of the administration and thus has become a source of great danger to the Minorities. The Working Committee has, therefore, come to the conclusion that the system of Parliamentary Cabinet is not suited to Indian conditions and that a different system under which Executive Government would be formed in consultation with the wishes of the Minorities must be designed to give them a better sense of security.
The Working Committee insists that the Executive in the Provinces as well as in the Centre should be constituted in the following manner:—
( i ) The Executive should consist of a Prime Minister and other ministers drawn from general community and from minority communities in a proportion to be specified in the Constitution.
( ii ) The Prime Minister and Ministers drawn from the general community shall be elected to the Executive by the whole house by single transferable vote.
( iii ) The Ministers representing the minority communities shall be chosen by the members representing the different communities by single transferable vote.
( iv ) The Members of the Executive shall be members of the Legislature, shall answer questions, vote and take part in debates.
( v ) Any vacancy in the Executive shall be filled in accordance with rules governing the original appointments.
( vi ) The period for Which the Executive shall hold office shall be co-terminus with the life of the Legislature.
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S UBJECT :— Public Services.
While it is desirable to plan for a Government which will be a Government of Laws and not of men, it cannot be forgotten that no matter how Government is organized, it must remain a Government of men. That being so, whether Government is good or bad—as distinguished from a merely efficient Government—and how far the administration of public affairs will be non-political and impartial must depend upon the spirit and outlook and sense of justice of the