334 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bombay : General) : Sir, I oppose the amendment.

The motion was negatived.

Prof. K. T. Shah : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, this amendment which stands in my name is as follows :

“That the following proviso be added to article 1 :

‘Provided that within a period not exceeding ten years of the date when this Constitution comes into operation, the distinction or difference embodied in the several Schedules to this Constitution and in the various articles that follow shall he abolished, and the member States of the Union of India shall be organised on a uniform basis of groups of village Panchayats co-operatively organised inter se. and functioning as democratic ‘ units within the Union’.”

[This was followed by discussion.]

†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I oppose the amendment.

Mr. Vice-President : I will now put the amendment to vote.

[The amendment (of Prof. Shah) was negatived.]

‡Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad (West Bengal : Muslim) : Sir, I move :

“That at the beginning of the heading above article I, the word and Roman figure ‘CHAPTER I’, be inserted.”

[This was followed by Mr. Ahmed’s speech.]

#The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I oppose the amendment.

The motion was negatived.

$The Honourable Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant (United Provinces : General) : Sir, I move that we now pass on to Article 2 and postpone discussion on the remaining amendments to Article 1. So far we have not been able to reach unanimity on this important point. I am not without hope that if the discussion is postponed, it may be possible to find some solution that may be acceptable to all. So nothing will be lost....

[Mr. Pant’s suggestion was supported by Mr. R. K, Sidhwa.]

@The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I support the suggestion made by Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.

*CAD, (Official Report), Vol. VII, 15th November 1948, p. 426.

† Ibid., p. 426.

‡ Ibid., p. 430.

Ibid ., p. 430.

$ Ibid ., p. 431.

@Ibid., p.431.