- Sardar Patel was the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas. This committee was further divided into sub-committees. - While Patel was the overall chairman of the Advisory Committee dealing with areas covered by 1, 2, and 3, the specific sub-committees for Fundamental Rights (J.B. Kripalani), Minorities (H.C. Mookerjee), and Tribal and Excluded Areas (Gopinath Bordoloi/A.V. Thakkar) had different chairpersons. However, as chairman of the main committee, he significantly influenced and led the work on these subjects. - Matters related to the devolution of power to the Union were primarily handled by the Union Powers Committee and the Union Constitution Committee, both of which were chaired by Jawaharlal Nehru.