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516 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
point of view in administrating matters which are left to their charge, but that is only a hope; it is not a fact The fact is that Indians do discriminate between class and class, community and community, in administering such discretion as is left to them in their administration of the law. That is a fact I cannot get over; it is a fact from which I have suffered immensely. My fear with regard to the future constitution of India is that having regard to the present position of the depressed classes, having regard to the fact that education is not widely spread amongst them, and having regard to the fact that there is hardly a single individual holding a gazetted post in the Bombay Presidency for instance,—
A Member: There is one.
Dr. Ambedkar : Yes, there is one, and that is the exception which proves the rule. You know how much trouble I had to get him in. I very much fear that this Indianisation may work out as a tyranny, and therefore, from my particular point of view, I should like to emphasise that at any rate for some time it will be necessary to maintain a British element in the Services. I do not say there should be no Indianisation, but I do say that, having regard to our interests, it should be rather slower than some people desire it to be.
These are the general remarks that I wish to offer from our point of view.
Third Sitting—8th December 1930
† Dr. Ambedkar: May I make a suggestion ? It seems to me this question of Second Chambers is so important that it cannot be discussed properly and adequately by being tacked on to the series of heads we are now discussing. In my opinion a special day ought to be allotted to this subject. I see very little connection between the subject of Second Chambers and that of the protection of minorities, or any of the other matters enumerated in items
1 and 2. It seems to me this is a very important question. I find nothing in this list of heads dealing with the composition of the Legislature ; if you were to add a head “Composition of the Legislature” we should have a proper opportunity of discussing the whole subject.
Chairman: I cannot see how you can separate this whole subject and split it up.
Dr. Ambedkar: The question of Second Chambers can certainly be separated from that of minorities.
Chairman: Not entirely. Whether there is to be a Second Chamber or not affects almost every other subject that comes up, the powers of the Governor vis-a-vis the Executive and the Legislature, the powers of the
† Proceedings of Sub-Committee No. II (Provincial Constitution), p. 56.