894 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. President (The Honourable Sir Abdur Rahim) : It is a speech you are making. On a point of order you cannot make a speech.
Mr. Abdul Qaiyum : Can he impute motives ?
Mr. President (The Honourable Sir Abdur Rahim) : As I followed the Honourable Labour Member, I believe he wanted to convey to the House that the question was considered from more than one point of view including political. At any rate, I do not think he was imputting any wrong motive to the House by saying that the question has been dealt with on political grounds.
Mr. Abdul Qaiyum : On a point of explanation, the official report of what the Honourable Member said may be referred to. He said it was a political demarche.
Mr. N. M. Joshi : May I know if the Government of India reconsidered the question after the vole given by this Legislature ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have nothing to add to what I said.
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*** Dr. Krishnan’s Suggestions** re Mineral Resources of India
- Prof. N. G. Ranga : Will the Honourable the Labour Member be pleased to state :
(a) If his attention has been drawn to the report of a lecture delivered by Dr. M. S. Krishnan to the Geology Association of the Presidency College, Madras, on the
14th of March, as reported in the Hindu, of the 14th March;
(b) What steps are being taken to obtain adequate quantities and build up reserves of copper, silver, nickel, platinum, tin, mercury, graphite and potash;
(c) what steps are also being taken to develop and exploit hydraulic (electrical) power resources in all those provinces which do not have coal mines within easy reach, so as to develop local industries;
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. V of 1946, 12th April 1946, pp. 3899-3901.