INDIAN CONSTITUTION

Southland Times, Issue 21660, 23 March 1932, Page 7

INDIAN CONSTITUTION

FRAMING PROCESS DELAYED. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Calcutta, March 20. The process of framing India’s new constitution has been delayed once again by the failure of the' Round-Table Conference Consultative Committee to arrive at a settlement regarding the claims by Moslems and other minority communities for adequate safeguards and representations in future legisatures. The British Government will now be asked to settle the question. The Viceroy, Lord Willingdon, has reiterated his statement that, in the event, of failure to reach a settlement acceptable to all parties, the Government, will be compelled to apply a provisional constitutional scheme. VICEROY MAY VISIT ENGLAND. Delhi, March 21. There is a possibility of the Viceroy going to England by plane in May or June for a discussion on the subject of constitutional reforms. Such an action, it is believed, will make an immense appeal, even to the hostile section of Indian public opinion, as indicating the Government’s determination not to delay the settlement of the constitutional question.