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Mr. Vice-President : I am now going to put the amendments to vote, one by one. The question is—
“That for amendment No. 2231 of the List of Amendments, the following be substituted :—
“That in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 148, after the words ‘in the State of’ the words ‘Madras, Bombay, West bengal, the United Provinces, Bihar and East Punjab’ be inserted.’ ”
[The amendment of Dr. Ambedkar was adopted. Two more amendments were negatived.]
Article 148, as amended, was adopted and added to the constitution.
ARTICLE 149
- Mr. Vice-President: Then we come to article 149. ...Amendment No.
2241 may be moved. It stands in the name of Dr. Ambedkar.
An Honourable Member: It is not being moved. (Voices: ‘member not in the House’ ( Laughter. )
Mr. Vice-President : (Seeing the Honourable Dr. Ambedkar coming into the Chamber) Honourable Members are at perfect liberty to go out to take a cup of coffee or have a smoke. They will kindly realise the difficulties of those who are accustomed to both these types of relaxation. Honourable Members will agree that Dr. Ambedkar is entitled to relaxation of that sort. The Chair has nothing to do but to listen to the debates, but Dr. Ambedkar has to listen to the debates and reply. ( Laughter.)
† Mr. Vice-President : ...Shall we now go on to amendment No. 2250, standing in the name of Dr. Ambedkar ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Not moving.
Mr. Vice-President: In that case amendment No. 59 in List III, falls through.
‡The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I beg to move:
“That for the proviso to clause (3) of article 149, the following be substituted :—
‘Provided that where the total population of a state as ascertained at the last preceding census exceeds three hundred lakh s, the number of members in the Legislative Assembly of the State shall be on a scale of not more than one member for every lakh of the population of the State up to a population of three hundred
*CAD, Vol. VII, 6th January 1949, p. 1318.
† Ibid., p. 1323.
‡Ibid., p. 1324.