L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1001
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The information asked for is not readily available and the time and labour involved in collecting it would be incommensurate with the value of the result.
Seth Yusuf Abdoola Haroon : May I know from the Honourable Member why is he not prepared to reveal this information. I have definite information that the contracts given to Mussalman in this Branch were very low.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : If my Honourable friend has the information, I do not know why he is troubling me.
Seth Yusuf Abdoola Haroon : I am troubling the Honourable Member because our cause is being hit and Muslims are being ignored by the Honourable Member’s Department, and I want to reveal that case on the floor of the House.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have nothing to add to the reply I have given.
Seth Yusuf Abdoola Haroon : Will the Honourable Member see his way to place this information on the table of the House at a later stage ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I cannot do it.
Shri Sri Prakasa : Has the Honourable Member lost his temper ?
Mr. President : Order, Order. Next question.
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*** Sale by Government of India of Eastern and** Western Houses in New Delhi
- Seth Govind Das : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state:
(a) Whether Government have noticed the news in the Hindustan Times of the 4th February 1946, that the White Hall was putting pressure on the Government of India to purchase the Western House and the Eastern House on the Curzon Road and Asoka Road, respectively, if so, what reply, if any, has been given by the Government of India, and
(b) Whether the Government of India consider that the price
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1946, 21st March 1946, p. 2689.