L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 783
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : That question might be addressed to the Honourable the Finance Member.
Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : Who is the Secretary and who is the President of this Labour Federation ? Are they paid some salary or money from this fund ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It does not arise. If the Honourable Member will give notice, I will find out the information for him.
Mr. T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar : May I raise a point of order ? Sir Zia Uddin Ahmad asked whether the Finance Member was satisfied and the Labour Member replied that the question might be addressed to the Finance Member. The Member in charge ought to know whether the Finance Member was satisfied or not. He must give the reply.
Mr. President (The Honourable Sir Abdur Rahim) : He has given the reply. I cannot ask the Honourable Member to reply in a particular way.
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*** Government Contribution to Indian Labour** Federation
- Mr. Lalchand Navalrai: (a) With reference to the reply to my starred question No. 776 given on the 4lh April 1944, will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state whether his attention has been drawn to a statement made by the President, Indian Labour Federation at Bombay in December last, at the 1st Annual Session of the Federation, that it was blackest lie that they were receiving Rs. 13,000 per month from the Government ?
(b) Has the Honourable Member’s attention been also drawn to a statement made by Mr. Jamnadas Mehta, President of the Indian Labour Federation on his departure for Philadephia to attend the International Labour Conference meeting, denying the fact of Rs. 13,000 of the Government’s subsidy ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1944, 2nd November 1944, p. 111.