On 6 December 2022, the Governor of Tamil Nadu made a controversial statement. He argued that B.R. Ambedkar’s decision to accept the Poona Pact, which dropped separate electorates for the so-called ‘Depressed Classes’, was targeted at the British ‘divide-and-rule’ policy.  Is this claim true? What do we mean by separate electorates? Why did Ambedkar accept the Poona Pact?  Watch this video to find out!