![]() ![]() a defence of the exclusive rights of the people of a community without the intervention of others-why couldn't he understand the traditional nature of the demand? To put it plainly, in the gram panchayat of pre-modern times, all castes and communities would send their representatives to the village body. Given Gandhi's commitment to village democracy, which had practised the idea of community representation-i.e. Though Ambedkar was talking in the language of modern and liberal democracy, ironically Gandhi had no reason to reject his demand for separate electorates. If one notices the contending propositions, a deep irony emerges. “I am not trying to offer an evaluative description of the Ambedkar- Gandhi confrontation which facilitated the birth of the Dalit movement. ![]()
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