Describe the different arguments made in favour of protection of depressed classes in the Constituent Assembly.

Describe the different arguments made in favour of protection of depre

1.	Describe the different arguments made in favour of protection of depressed classes in the Constituent Assembly.
Answer» Solution : (i) N. G. Ranga, a socialist leader argued that real minorities were the poor and down trodden. They needed-protection-propa-and-Hadder-through consitutional rights (ii) Some members of depressed castes emphasized that shat problems of "untouchables "could not be resolved through protection and SA feguard alone. Their disabilities were caused by the social norms and moral values of caste society. (iii) Socicty had used their services and labour but kept them at a social distance such as refusing them to enter into temples and mix or dine with them. (iv) J. Nagappa POINTED out that numerically then depressed castes formed between 20 to 25 PERCENT of the total population were not a minority. Their sufferings were due to their systematic marginalization nor their numerical insignificance. They had no access to education, no share in the ADMINISTRATION. (v) Ambedker advocated/recommended the abolition of untouchability. The Constituent Assembly finally recommended that untouchability be abolished, Hindu temples be thrown open to all castes, and seats in LEGISLATURES and jobs in government offices be reserved for the lowest castes