574 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Not under the Government. So they do not come under this.
Mr. President : That is all right.
*Mr. President : Does anyone else want to speak ? Has Dr. Ambedkar to say anything ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not accept any of the amendments, except amendment No. 1587, standing in the name of the Honourable Shri G. S. Gupta.
(Amendment of Dr. Ambedkar was adopted)
† Mr. President : Then there is the amendment of Mr. Kamath, No. 1585. But that does not arise now after accepting Dr. Ambedkar’s amendment.
There is then Mr. Gupta’s amendment No. 1587, that the word “and” should be deleted. Or has it to be substituted by “ or ” ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It is the same thing; either deleted “and” or substitute ‘ or ’ for ‘ and ’
Mr. President : The question is :
“ That the word ‘ and ‘ occurring at the end of sub-clause (d) of clause (1) of article 83 he deleted.”
The amendment was adopted.
Article 83, as amended, was added to the Constitution.
ARTICLE 85
‡Mr. President : We have had a very interesting discussion on something which is not the subject-matter of any amendment. There is no amendment moved to alter or modify the particular clause on which Pandit Maitra has spoken. There is no amendment on that point at all.
Now, I will take votes. Does Dr. Ambedkar wish to say anything ?
The Honourble Dr. B. R. Ambdkar : No, unless Mr. Kamath wants me to say something in reply to him. Mr. Alladi and others have already given the reply, and I will also be saying mostly the same thing, probably in a different way.
Mr. President : Then No. 1627, Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor’s amendment. I understand Dr. Ambedkar is willing to accept it.
The question is :
“ That in clause (4) of article 85, after the words ‘ a House of Parliament’ the words ‘ or any committee thereof ’ be inserted.”
The amendment was adopted.
[Article 85 was added to the constitution.]
- CAD, Vol. VIII, 19th May 1949, P. 142.
† Ibid, p. 143.
‡ Ibid, pp. 155-56.