418 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Shri H. V. Kamath : May I ask whether it will be enough if Dr. Ambedkar says : “I oppose, I have nothing to say”. I should think that in fairness to the House, he should reply to the points raised in the amendments and during the debate.
Mr. Vice-President : I am afraid we cannot compel Dr. Ambedkar to give reasons for rejecting the various amendments.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad (West Bengal : Muslim) : Mr. Vice-President, may I say that amendment No. 609 which has been accepted by the Honourable Dr. Ambedkar is a mere verbal amendment 7
Mr. Vice-President : It will be recorded in the proceedings. We shall now consider the amendments one by one.
[Following amendment was accepted by Dr. Ambedkar and was adopted by the House. In all 12 amendments were negatived and one was withdrawn.]
“That in clause (2) of article 19 for the word “preclude” the word “prevent” be substituted.”
The amendment was adopted.
- Mr. Vice-President : The question is :
“That in sub-claue (b) of clause (2) of article 19 for the words “any class or section “the words” all classes and sections ‘ he substituted.”
Have you accepted it. Dr. Ambedkar 7
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes, Sir.
Mr. Vice-President : The amendment has been accepted by Dr. Ambedkar.
The amendment was adopted.
[Article 19 as amended by Amendments Nos. 596 and 609 was adopted and added to the Constitution.]
ARTICLE 14 (Continued)
†Mr. Vice-President : We shall go back to Article 14. So far as I remember—I am sorry I have mislaid my notes—in article 14 there were a number of amendments which were put to the vote one after the other, and that only two amendments were being considered, when, for reasons already known to the House, we postponed their consideration. One was amendment No. 512 moved by Kazi Syed Karimuddin, and the other was a suggestion—am I right in saying that it was a suggestion made by Mr. T. T. Krishnamachari ? Mr. T. T. Krishnamachari, will you please enlighten me ? Was it a suggestion or was it a short notice amendment ?
*CAD, Vol. VII, 6th December 1948, p. 839.
† Ibid., p. 840.