350 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
the practice we have adopted in drafting this Constitution.
Mr. Vice-President : I shall now put these three amendments to vote.
[All the amendments of Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad were negatived. Article 28 was added to the Constitution.]
[All the amendments to article 29 were negatived and the article was adopted.]
ARTICLE 30
*Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : ......Sir, I beg to move:
“That in article 30, the words ‘strive to’ be omitted.”
†Shri H. V. Kamath : Sir I move amendment No. 870 :
“That in article 30, the word “The” occurring before the words “national life” be deleted.”
Sir, I was rather reluctant to give notice of this amendment, considering that it is or a minor character; but somehow the word ‘the’ jarred upon my ear and ultimately I decided to send it on. I am not so presumpous as to advise my learned Friend Dr. Ambedkar or his wise colleagues of the Drafting Committee on matters of language ; but I do hope that in this case, the word ‘the’ jars upon their ears as much as it does on mine, and it does violence to the laws of euphony. So I request him to omit it.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I accept the amendment.
Mr. Vice-President : No 871 not moved.
Now the Article is open for general discussion.
†Shri Mohanlal Gautam : Is the discussion going to be closed now ?
Mr. Vice-President : I have given a reasonable time for discussion, both for and against the amendments.
Shri Mohanlal Gautam : Will you please permit me to speak ?
Mr. Vice-President : I maintain that we have had a reasonable amount of time—merely an hour—for discussion and Dr. Ambedkar should now address the House.
*CAD, (Official Report). Vol. VII, 19th November 1948, p.487.
† Ibid., pp. 487-88.
‡ Ibid., p. 493.