572 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(b) It is regretted that no information is available because the names of Hindus and of the members of Scheduled castes are indistinguishable. Moreover, it has not been the practice to enquire from contractors about their community.
Rao Bahadur N. Sivaraj : With reference to the last part of the Honourable Member’s reply, will the Honourable Member make the necessary inquiries and get full information on the subject ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I will.
Babu Baijnath Bajoria : Do the Government appoint contractors also on a communal basis ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am only answering a question which calls for information.
Babu Baijnath Bajoria : I want a reply to my question. Is it the intention of Government to appoint contractors on a communal basis, so many Muslims, so many Europeans, so many scheduled castes and so on ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : That is not a question that arises now. I am only giving information.
Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra : Are building materials also produced and purchased on a communal basis ?
(No answer).
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*** Applications under Payment of Wages** Act by or on behalf of Employees of Federal Railways
- Mr. Muhammad Azar Ali : Will the Honourable Member for Labour please lay on the Table a statement showing the applications presented to the authorities appointed under the Payment of Wages
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. m of 1942, 24th September 1942, p. 507.