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Mr. Vice-President : Yes. I would request you all to bear in mind that we have to go to the fundamentals and not to technicalities.
Shri R. K. Sidhwa (C. P. and Berar: General) : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, I am very glad that Dr. Ambedkar has moved this amendment and that at this late stage better counsels and sense have prevailed....
The motion was adopted.
Article 39-A was added to the Constitution.
*Mr. Mohd. Tahir (Bihar : Muslim) : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, I beg to move : That after article 39, the following new article be inserted and the rest of the articles be renumbered :—
“40. It shall he the duty of the State to protect, safeguard arid preserve the places of worship such as Gurdwaras, Churches, Temples, Mosques including the graveyards and burning ghats.”
†The Honourable Dr. B R. Ambedkar : Sir, I not accept the amendment.
Mr. Vice-President : I will now put the amendment to vote.
The amendment was negatived.
THE ARTICLE 40
‡Mr. Vice-President : No. 1018. Dr. Ambedkar.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I understand Mr. Kamath is moving an amendment.
Shri H. V. Kamath : I shall be moving my amendment after Dr. Ambedkar has moved his.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move : “that for the existing article 40, the following be substituted :—
“40. The State shall—
(a) promote international peace and security ;
(b) seek to maintain just and honourable relations between nations ; and
(c) endeavour to sustain respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organised people with one another.”
Sir, this, amendment merely simplifies the original article 40 and divides it into certain parts separating each idea front the other so that any one who reads the article will get a clear and complete idea of what is exactly intended to be covered by article 40. The propositions
*CAD. Vol. VII, 25th November 1948, p. 593.
†Ibid., p. 594.
‡Ibid., p. 595.