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IN SUB-COMMITTEE NO. II 527
nomination should be strictly confined to the representation of interests which cannot be given by election.
Dr. Shafa’at Ahmad Khan: Yes.
Raja Narendra Nath: There may be in certain Provinces some communities, such as the one to which Dr. Ambedkar belongs, for which it would be impossible to arrange election.
Dr. Ambedkar: I should not have anything to do with a constitution which did not provide the franchise for my community.
Raja Narendra Nath: The franchise will have to be arranged on a very different basis if it is to be provided for the community to which Dr. Ambedkar belongs, and therefore a limited power of nomination should be provided.
Chairman: It seems to me the majority of the Sub-Committee is in favour of clause ( c ) as it stands in the Report.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CONFERENCE
†Comments on the Report of Sub-Committee No. II (Provincial Constitution)—16th December 1930
Mr. Chintamani opposed the institution of 2nd Chamber in Provinces. He said, it would be a costly luxury and not an institution of public utility. In U.P. demand for 2nd Chamber comes from a small section of the community, which according to Simon Commission, is over-represented in the Provincial Legislature. He therefore considered this proposed 2nd Chamber as absolutely unnecessary and undesirable either in U.P. or any other Province in India for any length of time, in whatever conditions Dr. Ambedkar said,— “I shall like to associate myself with the remarks which have just fallen from Mr. Chintamani”.
Chairman :....... The discussion is now on paragraph 5 ( b ).
(This paragraph deals with the procedure of appointment of Ministers.)
Dr. Ambedkar: It was moved in the Sub-Committee that the word “elected” (Elected members of the Provincial Legislature) should be dropped in view of the recommendation made by the Committee in another part of the Report that probably some part of the Legislature might have to be composed of nominated members. It was then decided that if the Committee which would be constituted to discuss the composition of the Legislature came to the conclusion that there should be a nominated member, the word “elected” should be dropped.
Chairman: The word used is “ordinarily” (“The Ministers should ordinarily be drawn”) I think that covers the point. It indicates the possible necessity of extraordinary action.
† Proceedings of the R.T.C., p. 314.