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* Muslims have fared much better in Labour Department
Mr. President : Discussion will now be resumed on the cut motion of Mr. Jaffer.
The Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : (Labour Member): Mr. President, it must be within the recollection of many Members of this House that many stones have been hurled at the Labour Department.........
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (Meerut Division— Muhammadan Rural)—Bricks, not stones.....
The Honourable Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : Or bricks, during the last week which preceded this cut motion. It is only fair that I should rise in my seat to state how the position of Muslims stands in My Department. Yesterday I listened to a sort of running commentary by the two speakers who spoke on this cut motion, they gave some figures regarding the position of Muslim employees in the different Departments of the Government of India. As I listened to that commentary, I cannot help saying that, having the facts before me, I felt considerably proud that the Muslim employees under the Labour Department had certainly fared much better than the story that was revealed by the speakers with regard to other Departments of the Government of India. That this is no vain boast but that it is supported by facts is what I propose to do during the few minutes that I propose to occupy today. I have collected, and if I may say so, I have taken great pains in collecting figures regarding the percentage of the employees of the Government of India in the Labour Department, not only in the Labour section, but in the P.W.D. and in all other attached offices, figures which show what the position of the communities is, the position of
*Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III-No. 10, 14th March 1946, p. 2406.