When a deputation of untouchables came to meet him on 15 December 1932, among other things, he said candidly: ‘I do believe in the four varnas . . . All occupations should be hereditary. Millions of people are not going to become Prime Ministers and Viceroys.’69 This to an Ambedkar or Savarkar would be construed as being antithetical to the fundamental concept of democracy where anyone, irrespective of their dynastic heritage, could actually aspire to become a prime minister or a viceroy!
