B.R.AMBEDKAR AND GANDHI AGREED TO ALLOT 19% SEATS FOR DEPRESSED CLASSES AGREEMENT SIGNED 1932 SEPTEMBER 24
B.R.AMBEDKAR AND GANDHI AGREED TO ALLOT 19% SEATS FOR DEPRESSED CLASSES AGREEMENT SIGNED 1932 SEPTEMBER 24 The Terms of the Poona Pact were as follows. 1. There shall be seats reserved for the Depressed Classes out of general electorate. Seats in the Provincial Legislatures were as follows: - Madras 30 Bombay with Sindh 15 Punjab 8 Bihar and Orissa 18 Central Provinces 20 Assam 7 Bengal 30 United Provinces 20 Total 148 These figures are based on the total strength of the Provincial Councils announced in the (British)Prime Minister's decision. 2. Election to these seats shall be by joint electorates subject, however, to the following procedure – All members of the Depressed Classes registered in the general electoral roll of a constituency will form an electoral college which will elect a panel of four candidates belonging to the Depressed Classes for each of such reserved seats by the method of the single vote and four p...