492 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. Vice-President : He refuses to listen to it. What can I do ? I cannot compel him to listen.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : No one can compel him. The point is that in clause (3) of article 54……….
Mr. Vice-President : I am going to put the amendment to vote. Dr. Ambedkar has said that he will not give any reply.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I hope he will reconsider the matter.
Mr. vice-President: I have not called upon Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad to speak.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Sir, I want only to draw the attention of the House to a point which might influence the votes.
Mr. Vice-President : Why not do so at the third reading stage ? I am going to put the amendment to vote.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : But, Sir, this is a matter of great importance.
Mr. Vice-President : You think so. May I ask you respectfully to go back to your seat ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I shall comply with your request.
Mr. Vice-President: I shall now put amendment No. 1205 standing in the name of Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad to vote.
The amendment was negatived.
[Amendment by Dr. Ambedkar as mentioned earlier was adopted.]
Article 54, as amended, was adopted and added to the constitution.
ARTICLE 55
- Mr. Vice-President : ... Amendment No. 1224 Dr. Ambedkar.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move.
“That in clause (2) of article 55. for the words ‘either of Parliament or’ the words ‘of either House of Parliament or of a House ‘for the words’ member of Parliament or ‘the words ‘member of either House of Parliament or of a House’, and for the words ‘in Parliament or such Legislature, as the case may be’ the words ‘in that Houe’ be substituted respectively.”
This is only to improve the language. There is no point of substance in it.
*CAD, Vol. VII, 28th December 1948, p. 1095.