§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Secretary of State for India whether the ban imposed on organisations of the Indian National Congress has been removed in all Provinces of India, in view of the abandonment of the civil disobedience movement; and whether the Government contemplate imposing any restrictions on the activities of the Congress movement which do not involve violence or civil disobedience?
§ Sir S. HOAREThe notifications declaring unlawful the various constituent parts of the Congress organisation have been withdrawn in all Provinces, except in the case of certain revolutionary organisations or organisations considered to be a danger to the peace of the country, such as the Red Shirts organisation in the North-West Frontier Province. As regards the second part of the question, no restrictions on the activities of Congress are contemplated, so long as these do not constitute an offence against the law or indicate an intention to revive civil disobedience in any form.
§ Mr. GRENFELLasked the Secretary of State for India whether the ban imposed on the Congress committee in the North-West Frontier Province has been removed; and, if not, on what grounds such discrimination is made against that predominantly Moslem Province, in view of the fact that the Congress organisation there is part of the Indian Congress movement which has now called off its civil resistance campaign?
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§ Sir S. HOAREI have nothing to add to the communique issued by the Government of India on 6th June, which dealt fully with the subject of the Red Shirts organisation in the North-West Frontier Province and of which I will send the hon. Member a copy.