५५२ डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर लेखन आणि भाषणे
the statement said :— As to the programme
persons among the “The League believes that reasonable
of Untouchability Sanatanists are not much against the removal
dinners and as such, as they are against inter-caste
marriages. Since itis not the ambition of the League to under- take reforms beyond its own scope, it is desirable to make it clear
that while the League will work by persuasion among the caste
Hindus to remove every vestige of Untouchability, the main line
of work will be constructive, such as the uplift of Depressed
Classes educationally, economically and socially, which itself
will go a great way to remove Untouchability. With such a work, even a staunch Sanatanist can have nothing but
sympathy. And it is for such work mainly that the League
has been established. Social reforms like the abolition of the
caste system arid inter-dining are kept outside the scope of the
League.”
For the convenient prosecution of the programme it was proposed that each Province should be divided into a number of units and each unit to be in charge of paid workers. . A unit may or may not be coterminus with a district. It may be formed by _ grouping together two districts or two States.”
From this summary of its activities an impression may be created that the Sangh must be spending quite a lot of money on the welfare of the Untocuhables. .Whatare the facts ? It will be recalled that the normal amount of money which the Sangh expected to be able to spend on the uplift work among the Untouchables was to be about Rs. 6,00,000 per year. How much has the Sangh been actu- ally spending ? The Secretary of the Sangh in his Report issued in May 1941 says’ :—
“ During the course of the last 8 years the various branches
and the central office of the Sangh have spent approximately
Rs. 24,25,700 and Rs. 3,41,607 respectively, on the Harijan
work. Looking to the needs of the problem, this sum of
Rs. 27,67,307 1s too insignificant an amount.”
‘: Writings and Speeches, Vol. 9, Pp. 126-127 and 130-131.