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Mr. President : Amendment No. 142 : we have dealt with the question of discretion so many times. Is it necessary to move it?
Shri Brajeshwar Prasad : As you direct me, Sir.
Mr. President : I do not think it is necessary. Amendment 214 : again “President” for “Governor”; Amendment 215: “Parliament” for “legislature of the State”; Amendment 216: that is the same as Dr. Ambedkar’s. These are all the amendments. Dr. Ambedkar, would you like to say anything?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : No. As I have said we are taking away the discretion from the Governor which we had originally laid with him and it is therefore necessary to delete this sub-para (3).
(The amendment of Dr. Ambedkar was adopted.)
[Paragraph 15, as amended, was added to the Schedule.]
Shri Brajeshwar Prasad : Sir, I would suggest that we sit for a few minutes more and finish this schedule.
Mr. President : It will take time. We may not be able to finish. I was just going to remind the House that we are very much behind our scheduled time and something will have to be done to catch up the lost time.
Shri R. K. Sidhva (C. P. & Berar: General) : Today we have no other words and we may sit in the afternoon.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Tomorrow if you like we can sit. Today we have called a meeting of the Drafting Committee to take up some articles which have remained for consideration.
(Paragraph 16)
*Mr. President: There are two other amendments which I rule out, because they are on the same lines as the other amendment of Shri Brajeshwar Prasad. Dr. Ambedkar, do you wish to say anything?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (Bombay: General): I should like to hear the Premier of Assam, if he has any views on this matter.
The Honourable Shri Gopinath Bardoloi (Assam : General) : Sir, with reference to the amendment moved by Srijut Chaliha just now for the deletion of the second proviso to paragraph 16, all that I have to say is that in every case where action of this kind is taken—the parties
***** CAD, Vol. IX, 7th September 1949, p. 1054.