540 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
M OTION re P REPARATION OF E LECTORAL R OLL
- Mr. Vice-President: Dr. Ambedkar.
May I suggest that you read the resolution in the accepted form before you reply ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes; I will indicate the changes that I am going to accept.
Shri Deshbandhu Gupta : May I know, Sir, before Dr. Ambedkar proceeds to reply whether you have given any ruling on the point of order raised by me. I had raised a point of order that, unless the word “already” goes, tills resolution will be of no use because article 149 .......
Mr. Vice-President: I think the word “already” has already been omitted.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, with your permission, I propose to reply to the debate on behalf of the mover of the resolution was Mr. Vice-President. of this resolution.
Before I proceed to deal with the detailed amendments, I should like to propose myself certain amendments in the Resolution as was moved by the Mover.
The first amendment that I propose is, to delete the word “already” from paragraph 2.
My second amendment is to delete clause (a) from sub-clause (1), and delete also the letter and brackets “(b)” in the beginning of the second sub-clause, so that sub-clause (1) will read thus :
“That no person shall be included in the electoral roll of any constituency if he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court.”
Then, in paragraph (4), I propose to make the following amendments. For the words “subject to the law of the appropriate legislature” in line of that paragraph, my amendment would be “notwithstanding anything in paragraph (3) above”. In line 5 of that paragraph, for the words “a constituency”, substitute the words “an area”.
These are my amendments. I shall briefly explain my amendments. The amendment which I have moved to drop the word “already” meets
the points of order that was raised by Shri Deshbandhu Gupta.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, as I said, it is quite true that the word “already” raises the complications which Mr. Deshbandhu Gupta mentioned and it is only right that his objection should be removed by the deletion of the word “already”.
*CAD. Vol. VII. 8th January 1949, pp. 1382-86.