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and I appreciate it and I undertake to reply and satisfy him as to what it means. It is therefore unnecessary for him to dilate further on the point.
*Pandit Thakur Dass Bhargva : ...Similarly, at present you have the right to assemble peaceably and without arms and you have in 1947 passed a law under which even peaceable assemblage could be bombed without warning from the sky. We have today many provisions which are against this peaceable assembling. Similarly in regard to ban on association or unions.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Is it open to my Honourable friend to speak generally on the clauses ?
Mr. Vice-President : That is what I am trying to draw his attention to.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : This is an abuse of the procedure of the House. I cannot help saying that. When a member speaks on an amendment, he must confine himself to that amendment. He cannot avail himself of this opportunity of rambling over the entire field.
Pandit Thakur Dass Bhargava : I am speaking on the amendment; but the manner in which Dr. Ambedkar speaks and expresses himself is extremely objectionable. Why should he get up and speak in a threatening mood or a domineering tone ?
Mr. Vice-President: Everybody seems to have lost his temper except the Chair ( Laughter ) . I had given a warning to Mr. Bhargava and, just now, was about to repeat it when Dr. Ambedkar stood up. I am perfectly certain that he was carried away by his feeling. I do not see any reason why there should be so much feeling aroused. He has been under a strain for days together. I can well understand his position and I hope that the House will allow the matter to rest there.
Now, I hope Mr. Bhargava realises the position.
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“that with reference to amendment No. 454…………”
Shri H. V. Kamath : On a point of order, Sir, has amendment No.
454 been moved ?
Mr. Vice-President : Please continue.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar :
“with reference to amendment No. 454 of the List of Amendments—
(i) in clause, (3), (4), (5) and (6) of article 13, after the words ‘ any existing law ‘ the words ‘ in so far as it imposes ‘ be inserted; and
*CAD, Vol. VII, 1st December 1948, p. 738
† Ibid., pp. 740-42