612 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
It seems, therefore, quite unnecessary to burden the Constitution with all these limitations stated in express terms when it is perfectly possible for the President to act upon the very same ground under (he formula that the Governor shall hold office during his pleasure. I, therefore, think that it is unneccessary to categories the conditions under which the President may undertake the removal of the Governor.
[Amendment of Dr. Ambedkar as given above, was accepted. Article 132, as amended was added to the Constitution.]
ARTICLE 134
*Mr. President: We have dropped the first alternative, and we have to take the amendments only to the second alternative, and I think amendment No. 164 standing in the name of Dr. Ambedkar would cover.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That with reference to amendment No. 2061 of the List of Amendments, for article 134, the following be substituted :—
Qualifications for appointment as Governor. —‘ No person shall be eligible for appointment as Governor unless he is a citizen of India has completed the age of thirty-five years’.”
Sir, may I take it that the amendment is moved ?
Shri T. T. Krishnamachari : Mr. President, the Chair and the House can permit the substitution of an amendment.
Mr. President : You need not read the amendment in full.
The Honourable dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move Amendment No.
2061,.Sir, I also move that for amendment No. 2061, the following be substituted :—
“ Qualifications for appointment as Governor. —” No person shall be eligible for appointment as Governor unless he is a citizen of India has completed the age of thirty-five years.’”
[Motion was accepted. Article 134 was added to the Constitution.]
ARTICLE 135
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That in clause (1) of article 135, for the words ‘either of Parliament or,’ the words ‘of either House of Parliament or of a House’ be substituted.”
This is a formal amendment. Sir, I move :
“That in clause (1) of article 135—
(a) for the words ‘member of Parliament or’ the words ‘member of either House of Parliament or of a House’ be substituted.
(b) for the words ‘in Parliament or such legislature as the case may be’ the words ‘in that House’ be substituted.”
- CAD, Vol. VIII, 31st May 1949, p. 475.
† Ibid., p. 476.