332 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
and cut off every kind of support which I made on behalf of the Scheduled Castes. For a long time he failed and ultimately he used a weapon which I am sorry to say, no honest men would have used. He went to the Muslims and told Mr. Jinnah that he was prepared to grant his
14 demands and bargained for one concession. Mr. Jinnah was told that he should not agree to “this dirty dog of Untouchables.” I have got in my possession a document which was drawn up between the Muslim League and Mr. Gandhi at the R.T.C. I am not speaking without any authority. Fortunately for us the Muslims had a certain amount of sense of shame and remorse. I hope and trust that he (Mr. Gandhi) had not tried it on this occasion whom he is meeting with Mr. Jinnah.
You should realise what our object is. Our aim and aspiration is to be a governing community. Let all of you bear that in mind and let all of you write it on the walls of your houses so that every day you should remember that the aspirations which we cherish, and the cause, which we are having is not a cause of a petty character. It is the biggest cause that we ever cherished in our hearts. That is to see that we are recognised as the Governing Community. If you realise that, you will recognise what tremendous effort we have to make in order to carry it into effect. Mere words will not count, mere resolutions will not count. It may be that Mr. Gandhi will treat this as bluff and put it aside. We shall have to prove both Mr. Gandhi and His Majesty’s Government, and I repeat, even to His Majesty’s Government this time we mean business (Hear, hear). Absolute business, and we shall demand business from His Majestry’s Government. We shall allow nobody to shilly-shally. When His Majesty’s Government has given a word we shall expect His Majesty’s Government to honour that word. There is no use depending on the good will of His Majesty’s Government, nor is there any use in depending on the good ourselves. We must build up our own strength. We must remove other causes.