568 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The position today is so different. Does he ask about the present position or the position that he wants to create ? Under the Government of India Act the Assembly and the Speaker are the creatures of the Governor-General. Consequently, the Speaker is required to address his resignation to the Governor-General. We do not want that situation to be perpetuated. We want to give the President as complete and as independent position of the executive as we possibly can.
Shri H. V. Kamath : Even under the Government of India Act, is not the Speaker elected by the Assembly ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : That is wrong. He is no doubt elected; but his election is required to be approved by the Governor General.
Shri H. V. Kamath : I beg leave to withdraw the amendment, Sir.
The amendment was, by the leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.
NEW ARTICLE 79-A
*Mr. President : There is article 79-A given notice of by Dr. Ambedkar and Shri Ghanshayam Singh Gupta.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I would like this to stand over.
Mr. President : Article 79-A stands over.
ARTICLE 80
†Mr. President : I remember that; it is not necessary to repeat that. We take it that that amendment is not moved. We may go to article 80. The motion is :
“The article 80 form part of the Constitution.”
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. President, Sir, I move :
“That in clause (1) of article 80, for the words ‘Save as provided in this Constitution’ the words ‘Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution’ he substituted. ”
Sir, this is just a slip and it has to be corrected.
Shri T. T. Krishnamachari : May I point out that the House has already adopted 68-A which is exactly the same as the amendment now sought to be moved by Mr. Kamath ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yesterday we adopted 68-A which covers the same point.
- CAD, Vol. VIII, 19th May 1949, p. 126.