1142 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
provision for those other matters that we thought it desirable to transpose clause (12) of article 366 and bring it as clause (3) of article 367.
- Mr. President : Pandit Bhargava has suggested that there is still time between now and the 25th for the Members to come to an agreement on this question. If it is agreed to by them, that can be done.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (Bombay: General) : I think the difficulty could be easily got over if this assembly before it closes its session on the 26th November could pass an Act amending the Government of India Act, 1935, section 290, permitting the Governor-General among other things which he is empowered to do to change also the name of a Province so that the President can act under article 391 and amend the schedule in order to carry out the action that has been taken by the Governor-General under the Government of India Act, as proposed. This matter cannot take more than a few minutes. It would be possible for the Drafting Committee or the Home Department to bring before this Assembly a Bill to amend the Government of India Act 1935, section 290. Such a Bill could be passed before the 26th January.
The Honourable Shri K. Santhanam : Our difficulty is not objection to changing the name but only to ‘Aryavarta’. Similarly we cannot allow the Governor-General also to change the name to ‘Aryavarta’.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It cannot be Aryavarta as the party has given its verdict on that. I am sure Babu Purushotam Das Tandon has taken note of that.
The Honourable Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant (United Provinces : General) : What you have rejected will not be put forward by the U.P. Government nor accepted by the Governor-General. That we all accept.
Mr. President : Then nothing has to be done at present.
The Honourable Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant : On the understanding that an amending Bill of the nature suggested by Dr. Ambedkar will be passed before we disperse.
Mr. President : That is for Dr. Ambedkar to do.
† Mr . President : ...Now, we have finished all the amendments, and there is no time for any further general discussion. But as a matter of fact, we have discussed everything which came up and which required discussion. So I would request Dr. Ambedkar to reply to the debate on the various amendments.
*CAD, Official Report, Vol. X, 16th November 1949, p. 574.
† Ibid., pp. 575-582.