354 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bombay : General) : Sir, I have not followed exactly what it is, hut if it is a matter which relates to prohibition...
Mr. Vice-President : Yes.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Then, it has been agreed between myself and Mr. Tyagi that he will move an amendment to Article 38, and I propose to accept his amendment. So, this matter may be postponed until we come to the consideration of Article 38.
Mr. Vice-President : Then we shall pass on to the next amendment No. 873.
†Mr. Vice-President : I have not been able to make out whether this amendment (No. 874) has been formally moved.
Shri Raj Bahadur : I have not formally moved it. I have simply had my say on it, to invoke the attention of the House on this question.
Shri H. V. Kamath (C.P. & Berar : General) : ...... I do not want to traverse the ground which I covered in the course of my speech on Dr. Ambedkar’s motion. I would only express the hope that where the type of capitalist, parliamentary democracy typified by Europe and America and the centralised socialism typified by the Soviet Union have failed to bring peace, happiness and prosperity to mankind, we in India might be able to set up a new political and economic pattern, and that we would be able to realise the vision of Mahatma Gandhi’s Panchayat Raj and, through this system of decentralised socialism, we will lead mankind and the world to the goal of peace and happiness.
I, therefore with your leave formally move this amendment and make a personal request to you to hold this over till such time as the other amendments to this Article are ready for discussion, I shall read my amendment.
“That after article 30, the following new article he inserted :
‘30-A. The State shall endeavour to promote the healthy development of Gram Panchayats with a view to ultimately constituting them as basic units of administration.’.”
Mr. Vice-President : Does Dr. Ambedkar wish to say anything on this amendment ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I move that this matter do stand over.
*CAD, (Official Report), Vol. VII, 22nd November 1948, p. 501 .
† Ibid., pp. 503-04