466 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
ARTICLE 47
*Mr. Vice-President : Amendment No. 1109, Verbal ; disallowed. Amendments numbers 1110 to 1112 are of similar import. The first of these may be moved. It stands in the name of Dr. Ambedkar.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (Bombay : General): Mr. Vice-President, Sir, I move :
“That in clause (2) of article 47, and in Explanation to clause 2, for the words ‘any office or position of emolument’, wherever they occur, the words ‘any office of profit’ be substituted.”
Sir, this amendment is merely intended to improve the language of the draft.
Mr. Vice-President : Amendment No. 1111. Should that be put to the vote?
Shri H. V. Kamath (C. P. & Berar : General) : Dr. Ambedkar has stolen a march over me; this does not arise.
Mr. Vice-President : Amendment No. 1112.
Shri Mihir Lal Chattopadhyay (West Bengal : General) : That is already covered, Sir.
(Amendment No. 1113 was not moved.)
Mr. Vice-President : Amendment numbers 1114, 1115 and 1116 are verbal and are disallowed.
Amendment No. 1117, Dr. Ambedkar.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move:
“That for sub-clause (a) of the Explanation to clause (2) of article 47, the following be substituted :—
“(a) he is the Governor of any State for the time being specified in Part I of the First Scheduled or is a minister either for India or for any such State ; or”
The object of this amendment is to remove a disqualification that might arise on account of the fact that a Governor of a State or a Minister is holding an office of profit under the Crown. It is desirable that the Governor of a State as well as a Minister both at the Centre and in the States should be permitted to stand for election and the rule of office of profit under the Crown should not stand in their way.
*CAD, Vol. VII, 27th December 1948, p. 1027.