Gandhi accepted separate electorates for Muslims but not for Untouchables.

Evidence

Among the (many) reasons that criticism of Gandhi is not just frowned upon, but often censored in India, ‘secularists’ tell us, is that Hindu nationalists (from whose midst Gandhi’s assassins arose, and whose star is on the ascendant in India these days) will seize upon such criticism and turn it to their advantage. The fact is there was never much daylight between Gandhi’s views on caste and those of the Hindu right. From a Dalit point of view, Gandhi’s assassination could appear to be more a fratricidal killing than an assassination by an ideological opponent. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 398 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

Related

• Gandhi consistently insulted Untouchables and denied them political self-organization (similarity 0.90)
• Gandhi’s hunger strike forced Untouchables to give up separate electorates. (similarity 0.88)
• Scattered settlement of Untouchables made democratic representation impossible without separate electorates. (similarity 0.87)
• Gandhi denied Untouchables separate electorates to protect them from village retaliation (similarity 0.87)
• Gandhi and Patel blocked Untouchables from using law against caste violence. (similarity 0.87)
• Gandhi opposed non-Hindu involvement in caste struggles as an internal Hindu matter (similarity 0.87)
• Gandhi championed separate electorates for Muslims and Sikhs but refused them for Untouchables. (similarity 0.86)
• Gandhi’s caste views differed little from those of the Hindu right. (similarity 0.86)
• Gandhi valued the Bhangi’s work but not inter-caste marriage or dining (similarity 0.85)
• Ambedkar argued separate electorates were needed to produce genuine Untouchable representatives. (similarity 0.85)
• Gandhi’s fast on separate electorates was an act of coercive blackmail. (similarity 0.85)
• Gandhi sought abolition of untouchability but retention of the caste system (similarity 0.84)
• Gandhi framed Untouchables as politically immature needing Hindu service, not enfranchisement (similarity 0.83)
• The Poona Pact stripped Untouchables of separate electorates and the double vote (similarity 0.83)
• Gandhi’s caste ambivalence disillusioned even his non-Hindu colleague George Joseph (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Gandhi’s caste views differed little from those of the Hindu right. #corroborates (0.70) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 398
• Gandhi’s fast unto death coerced the reversal of Untouchable political gains #expands (0.60)
• Caste Hindus sought to deny Untouchables the choice that choice confers power. #complicates (0.60)
• Gandhi consistently insulted Untouchables and denied them political self-organization #complicates (0.60)
• The Poona Pact stripped Untouchables of separate electorates and the double vote #expands (0.55)
• Substantive democracy required deliberately raising the political value of devalued Untouchables #contradicts (0.50)
• Gandhi made religious symbolism central to nationalist politics #exemplifies (0.35)