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I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND ATTLEE’S STATEMENT
Dr. Ambedkar, former Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council and leader of the Scheduled Castes in an interview with Globe when asked for his reactions to Mr. Attlee’s statement on India, said “I have not studied it. In fact, I fail to understand the statement,”
Continuing, Dr. Ambedkar said : “There is not a single point in the statement on which I can put my finger and say that it is clear to me. Nothing is explicit in the statement. Perhaps my intelligence is so limited that I fail to know what the statement is about.”
In reply to the question whether the Scheduled Castes Sikhs were part and parcel of the All-India Scheduled Castes Federation, and if so, what was their motive in joining the League’s demonstration against the Punjab Government. Dr. Ambedkar said : “I have no idea as to whether they are part of the Scheduled Castes Federation. The question will be better answered by the Sikhs themselves in the Punjab”— Globe. [1]
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1 : Reprinted, Jar Bheem, dated 16th March 1947.