844 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
received the amount from the Government as alleged by the Labour Member, he has investigated into the matter;
(b) whether the amount has been credited in the accounts of the Trade Union Congress ; and
(c) in whose hands the money is being given ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The Honourable Member is apparently referring in this question to Indian Federation of Labour of which Mr. Mehta was the President and not to the All-India Trade Union Congress.
(a) I would refer the Honourable Member to my reply to Mr. Lalchand Navalrai’s question No. 31 on the 2nd November,
(b) I have no knowledge.
(c) The payment was originally mae to the representatives of the Federation through the National War Front and later, through the Chairmen, National Service Labour Tribunals. From June 1944, the payment is made to the Secretary of the Federation.
Mr. T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar : Is it not necesssary that Government should satisfy themselves that when money is sanctioned for a particular organisation it has been credited to the accounts of that organisation ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is not my business to check the accounts of any organisation.
Mr. T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar : In view of the Honourable Member’s statement on a previous occasion that an auditor had been sent to audit the accounts may I know if the auditor’s report has been received ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : My Honourable friend must put down a specific question on that point.
Mr. Abdul Qaiyum : Will the Honourable Member give the names of the office-bearers of the organisation who actually received the money ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : First of all it was paid through the National War Front; then a change was made and the money was paid through the Chairmen of the National Labour Service Tribunals; and from June, 1944 it is paid to the Secretary of the Federation.
Mr. Abdul Qaiyum : Will the Honourable Member give the name of the particular gentleman who received the money ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I shall require notice.