Question
Consider the following statements about the Constituent
Assembly: 1. The first demand from Indian National Congress for the Constituent Assembly was made in the Haripura Session of 1938. 2. Gandhiji never supported the idea of Constituent Assembly as he was in support of village autonomy. 3. The demand for the Constituent Assembly was accepted in principle in the August Offer. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?Solution
● Statement 1 is incorrect: The Congress Working Committee passed a resolution in June 1934 and demanded a Constituent Assembly elected on the basis of adult suffrage. ● Statement 2 is incorrect: Gandhiji was initially skeptical about the idea of Constituent Assembly but was later convinced by Pandit Nehru and so it as a remedy for our communal and other distempers. ● Statement 3 is correct: The demand for Constituent Assembly was finally accepted in principle by the British Government in August Offer in 1940. It provided for setting up of a constituent assembly after the war where mainly Indians would decide the Constitution according to their social, economic and political conceptions, subject to fulfilment of the obligation of the government regarding defence, minority rights, treaties with States, all India services.
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