DRAFT CONSTITUTION 611
Mr. President: I think after this all the other amendments to this article fall to the ground and therefore I shall put the article as amended to the vote.
Article 131, as amended, was added to the Constitution.
ARTICLE 132
*Mr. President: There is an amendment by Dr. Ambedkar.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Sir, I move :
“That with reference to amendments Nos. 2033 and 2041 of the List of Amendments for article 132, the following article be substituted :—
‘ Term of office of Governor. —132. (1) The Governor shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.
(2) The Governor may. by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office.
(3) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this article, a governor shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office :
Provided that a Governor shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his office’.”
Now, Sir, this article………..†
Prof. Shibban Lal Saksena : On a point of order. Amendment No. 2033 has not been moved. There is another amendment 2041, to which this is an amendment. But even that has not been moved.
Mr. President : But that has not been moved.
Shri T. T. Krishnamachari : Amendment No. 2041, stands in the name of Dr. Ambedkar.
Mr. President : Well, he may formally move it.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I have said that I am moving this in place of that amendment.
Mr. President : Dr. Ambedkar is moving No. 2041.
‡The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, the position is this : This power of removal is given to the President in general terms. What Professor Shah wants is that certain grounds should be stated in the Constitution itself for the removal of the Governor. It seems to me that when you have given the general power, you also give the power to the President to remove a Governor for corruption, for bribery, for violation of the Constitution or for any other reason which the President no doubt feels is legitimate ground for the removal of the Governor.
- CAD, Vol. VIII, 31st May 1949, p. 470.
†Dots indicate interruption.
‡ Ibid., p. 474.