DRAFT CONSTITUTION 401
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, I move :
“That in clause (5) of article 13. for the word ‘aboriginal’, the word ‘scheduled’ he substituted.”
When the Drafting Committee was dealing with the question of Fundamental Rights, the Committee appointed for the Tribal Areas had not made its Report, and consequently we had to use the word ‘aboriginal’ at the time when the Draft was made. Subsequently, we found that the Committee on Tribal Areas had used the phrase “Scheduled Tribes” and we have used the words “scheduled tribes” in the schedules which accompany this Constitution. In order to keep the language uniform, it is necessary to substitute the word “Scheduled” for the word “aboriginal”.
Mr. Vice-President : There is, I understand, an amendment to this amendment, and that is amendment No. 56 of List I, standing in the name of Shri Phool Singh.
(Amendment No. 56 of list I was not moved.)
Mr. Vice-President : That means this amendment No. 491 stands as it is.
Then we come to amendment No. 488.
(Amendment No. 488 was not moved.)
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That in clause (6) of article 13, for the words ‘public order, morality or health’, the words ‘the general public’ be substituted.”
The words ‘ public order, morality or health ‘ are quite inappropriate in that particular clause.
† Shri M. Ananthasayanan Ayyangar : ...Now, therefore, except the amendments which are acceptable to Dr. Ambedkar, the others should not be accepted. They are objectionable and ought not to find a place in the Constitution.
Shri Satyanarayan Sinha (Bihar: General) : I move that the question be now put.
Mr. Vice-President : An enquiry was made of me as to how I have tried to conduct the proceedings of this House. I refused to supply the information at that time, because I thought it might be left to my discretion to explain how I conduct the proceedings. I see that I have not been able to satisfy all the members who desire to speak. At the
*CAD, Vol. VII. 1st December 1948. p. 746.
† Ibid., 2nd December 1948, pp. 779-83.