1154 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
able to the Drafting Committee and it may be that some Members are willing to withdraw the amendments which they have moved.
[In all 95 amendments of the Drafting Committee alone were accepted. 66 amendments were negatived and 36 withdrawn.]
*Mr. President : Before we adjourn for the day we shall make some arrangement regarding the time-table as to what we propose to do. I take it that we do not sit this afternoon. I want to know from Members how many of them would like to speak, so that I might fix an order as also the time. As regards sitting on Saturday next it is not possible for me to decide now. I shall decide it on Friday as to whether we shall sit on Saturday or not. As regards the sessions from day to day, what is the wish of the House ?
Several Honourable Members : Five hours a day.
Prof. N. G. Ranga (Madras : General) : One sitting from 2-30 to
6-30 p.m., so that we shall come only once.
Mr. President : What is the time-limit for each speaker?
Shri K. M. Munshi : I suggest 15 minutes and five hours a day so that Members might get a few days between this and the next session.
Several Honourable Members : Half an hour.
Mr. President : As a compromise the time-limit will be 20 minutes for each speaker.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : All that we can do now is to decide whether we should sit tomorrow. In the meantime it would be desirable if you could invite Members who desire to speak to send in their names to you. After ascertaining the number of speakers who desire to take part in the general debate it will be possible for you to determine whether we should have two sessions a day and also as to the time-limit for every speaker. At the moment nobody is in a position to know how many Members wish to speak. If the number of speakers are not too many it will be possible to increase the time for each Member and it will also be possible to have one session a day. I therefore suggest that you should only fix the meeting for tomorrow and in the meantime ask Members to indicate their wishes to you, so that you may have a list of speakers and then we can come to a decision as to other points, such as the time-limit for each speaker and the number of the daily sessions, whether it should be one or two.
*CAD, Official Report Vol. X, 16th November 1949, p 606.