DR. AMBEDKAR....................AWARD 293
Dr. Ambedkar was also closeted with Mr. Virawalla this evening.
It is understood that Dr. Ambedkar will issue a note on the Rajkot question in the light of his discussions with various communities in Rajkot.” [1]
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“DR. AMBEDKARS ALTERNATIVE
Rajkot April 19.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, in an interview to the “United Press” stated that he came here not at the invitation of the Rajkot Durbar, but at the invitation of the local Depressed Classes who requested his intervention in the dispute regarding their non-inclusion in the Reforms Committee.
“The first thing I did on my arrival”, he said, “was to ascertain from the Durbar whether they were prepared to have on the Committee a person who was the accredited representative of the Depressed Classes.
Alternative Proposal
“I saw Gandhiji this morning at 11-30 but unfortunately, I could not discuss in detail all the points since he had got sudden temperature. However, I discussed with him an alternative proposal of submission of the formation of the new constitution to a person like Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru or Sir Shivaswami Iyer or any other equally well versed man in constitutional law, before all the classes of the State could put their cases. Gandhiji could not agree to this, his argument being that such a report should be final.”
Dr. Ambedkar left for Bombay this evening by train— United Press.” [2]
1: The Bombay Chronicle, dated 19th April 1939.
2: The Bombay Chronicle, dated 20th April 1939.