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ALL-INDIA JAIN ASSOCIATION own responsibility, as like all other communities, we cannot secure complete unanimity of all Jains on this point. But whatever may be the form of the future Govt': of India, the AllIndia Jain Association shall confine its activities to safeguarding the Communal Rights of the Jain Community in the future Constitution of India.
This subject has been thoroughly dealt with by Mr. Adishwar Lal Jain in his letter published in the Special Supplement to the Jain Gazette, copies of which can be obtained on application to the Manager, Jain Gazette, No. 436. Mint Street, Madras.
II. Literary Section. We have cautiously avoided the use of the term 'Propagation of religion from the Constitution of the Central Association, as we know full well that by retaining it we can never secure unanimity of the three sects without which our entire scheme would be upset.
Education is not specifically mentioned in the programme of the Central Association, as this being a transferred Provincial subject in the Constitution of the Country, can be eifectively dealt with in all its aspects by the Provincial branch Associations, and the Central Association will have very little to do with it,
We also do not consider it advisable that the transliteration or publication of the sacred books of any one sect should be taken up by the association in future, unless separate funds are provided for that purpose by the members of the sect desiring the transliteration or publication.
On the other hand, we recognise that our Community as a whole stands in greater need of general literary work which cannot be done by any one institution or by any one sect.
We therefore suggest that the Central Association should concentrate itself entirely upon general Literary'work as given below:
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