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Dr. Ambedkar said that the Viceroy in his recent correspondence with Mr. Gandhi had laid down on fundamental condition that for the transference of power from the British to Indian hands, a mere agreement between Hindus and Muslims would not do. There must be a tripartite agreement, and an agreement with the Scheduled Castes community had been made a condition precedent to such a transference of political power. They should be very grateful for a declaration of that kind.
Dr. Ambedkar said that if the Hindu Mahasabha was prepared to accept the just demands of the Scheduled Castes, he would certainly join the Mahasabha. If the Congress was prepared to accept their just demands, he would have no hesitation in joining Congress.
But the question was whether these organisations were friends or enemies of the Scheduled Castes.” [1]
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1 : The Bombay Chronicle : dated 28 [th] August 1944.