222 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(3) the part played by the rationing shops in refusing to supply rations to the Scheduled Castes ;
(4) the conspiracy of silence observed by the newspapers who have never cared to condemn these outrages on innocent men and women.
(5) the utter indifference shown by the Provincial Government in protecting the lives and properties of the Scheduled Castes.
The Working Committee cannot help feeling that this conduct of the majority community proves beyond the shadow of a doubt how unworthy the Hindu community is to be trusted with power and that if the majority does not improve its morality the Scheduled Castes would be forced to protect themselves by every means open to them.” [1]
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1 :Jai Bheem dated, June 11 and 18, 1946.