A broad survey which Nehru gave yesterday to the Constituent
Assembly contained the following points:

(i) He had entered into no commitment in London with regard to
India's membership of the Commonwealth; this was essentially a
matter for the Constituent Assembly. Possibly the question would
come up in the course of the current session in a more concrete
form.

(ii) In whatever form it should arise, the question was something
apart from, and in a sense independent of, the Constitution now
being considered. He said 'we pass that constitution for an
independent sovereign democratic India, for a republic as we
choose, and the second question has to be considered separately at
whatever time it suits the House.'
(iii) The Objectives Resolution of January 22nd 1947 declaring
India a sovereign independent republic must stand unless the
Constituent Assembly changed it.