On 15th July 1947, Shri Balakrishna Sharma [United Provinces General] at the Constituent Assembly spoke as follows;
Mr. President Sir, I rise to oppose the Amendment which has been moved by Maulana Hazarat Mohani [United Provinces Muslim] when a minute before he was trying to act as a “Khudaisausdar” I was reminded of his very famous saying that he is either a Communist or Communalist [Honourable Member: both] now he has become both a Communist and Communalist and thereby he has tried to bridge the gulf between Karl Marx and Jesus Christ. The Maulana is a very great man, we have all looked upon with reverence and respect all our life for his integrity of purpose and honesty that I always felt he is one of those men who always refused to work in a team, he is a man, he is a solitary figure coughing is lonely furrow even in the Muslim League which he joined after a great deal of confabulation, Maulana even though he was included in the High Command remained a solitary figure now the Amendment he has moved is a very funny Amendment, funny for the very simple reasons that he really made a very little difference whether we consider the Union Constitution first or the Provincial Constitution first because we have already got our objectives before us a resolution of this House and anything is not in consonance that objective any member of the House is at perfect liberty to point out either in the modern Constitution for the provinces and in Union Constitution and therefore there is very little difference whether we consider Provincial first or Union Constitution first the Maulana really raised a fundamental question as to whether we should have the Provincial Constitution in nature of merely giving Provincial Autonomy to Provinces or Republican Constitution if the Maulana thinks that the House will fall in line with him he can certainly bring forward Amendment to the Provincial Constitution deleting the word which he does not like making Governor the President if he so like and giving all sorts and manner and powers that he wants to give to the Provincial Legislature—
Comment: Governors tenure in office is equivalent to tenure of Legislature? A moot question that was left undecided till date.