1062 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bombay : General) : Is it necessary to trace all this ? I do not understand the purpose of it. It may be well interesting in some other place. My friend accepts the word “Bharat”. The only thing is that he has got an alternative. I am very sorry but there ought to be some sense of proportion, in view of the limited time before the House.
Shri H. V. Kamath : I hope it is not for Dr. Ambedkar to regulate the business of the House.
Mr. President: What amendment are you moving ?
*Mr. President: You can move one. I permitted you to move both of them, but I find that the two amendments are contradictory.
Shri H. V. Kamath: Are they contradictory, Sir ? If you say they are contradictory, I have nothing to say.
Mr. President: Yes, if one is accepted, the other is ruled out.
Shri H. V. Kamath : My object is that if one is not accepted, the other may be accepted.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Why all this eloquence over it ?
Shri Shankarrao Deo (Bombay : General) : There should be no arguing with the Chair.
Shri H. V. Kamath : I know the rules, Mr. Shankarrao Deo.
Mr. President: You can move one.
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: It is proposed to alter the clause in article 3 dealing with the reorganisation of the provinces and States. States in both Parts I and III will be brought on the same level. There is an amendment to the article and that difference is going to be eliminated and it will disappear.
Shri B. M. Gupte: That is alright but as I was saying I am not against making the Centre strong. But at the same time we have given a glorified name to the units. We are taking away the powers of the States and bringing them in the Central or Concurrent list; and yet we have adopted the word State for the unit....
*CAD, Vol. IX, 18th September 1949, p. 1675.
† Ibid., p. 1685.