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The Honourable Mr. J. E. B. Hotson : I think, it is implied. The attention of Government has been drawn to them.
Mr. S. K. Bole : Again, in ( b ) the question is “whether they are aware that Mr. Fleming has delivered contradictory judgments” but there is no answer to that.
The Honourable Mr. J. E. B. Hotson : Yes, the reply is there, “Government could not without gross impropriety express an opinion in this House” etc.
Mr. S. K. Bole : What is asked is whether they are aware.
The Honourable the President : The word “contradictory” implies and asks for opinion, and therefore that reply.
(B.L.C. Debates, Vol. XIX, p. 1147, dated 16th March 1927)
Assault by Mulki Patil on a Mahar (Chikhardi)
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Will Government be pleased to state—
( a ) whether it is a fact that the Mulki Patil of the village Chikhardi in the Sholapur District committed an assault on Arjuna Lala Mahar for refusing to do his private work and fractured his skull ;
( b ) whether it is a fact that Arjuna is now being treated for his injury at the Civil Hospital, Barsi ;
( c ) if so, what steps they have taken against the Patil ?
The Honourable Mr. J. L. Rieu : The information has been called for.
(B.L.C. Debates, Vol. XIX, p. 1147, dated 16th March 1927)
Harassment of Mahars (Sholapur)
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Will Government be pleased to state—
( a ) whether it is a fact that the Gaonkaris of the villages of (i) Ralerass, (ii) Pangaon, (iii) Pangri, (iv) Uple Dumala, (v) Ambegaon and (vi) Surdi in the District of Sholapur have been acting in conspiracy to stop the ryots and shop-keepers of their respective villages from having any dealings with the Mahars of their villages and have assaulted the Mahars of their villages and have in some cases outraged the modesty of the Mahar women and have gone to the length of throwing filth in the water-courses used by the Mahars because the Mahars in these villages have in their efforts at self-improvement given up the carrying of the carcasses of dead animals ;
( b ) what steps they propose to take to protect the Mahars from such tyranny.
The Honourable Mr. J. E. B. Hotson : The information is being obtained.
(B.L.C. Debates, Vol. XIX, p. 1298, dated 17th March 1927)
Accident on the Ulhas River
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Will Government be pleased to state—
( a ) whether their attention has been drawn to the leading article published in the Pratiyogi, dated the 13th February 1926, and the extracts of statements