756 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. President : Let us take up article 275.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : May I rise on a point of order, Sir ?
It is very inconvenient for some members to follow the procedure which is being adopted in the House. We have in the agenda paper today some articles which are set down seriatim. It was understood on the last occasion that articles will be taken up in the order laid down in the Order Paper. I do not wish to raise any technical objection ; but the difficulty is that Members have got to come prepared to intelligently take part in the debate. Instead of following a regular procedure even after the recess we had, the House is expected to jump from one article to another backwards and forwards. I submit this is causing some amount of inconvenience and I submit that the House should be asked to proceed in some regular order. Otherwise, there would be no intelligent debate.
Mr. President : I am inclined to agree with Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad that it is inconvenient to Members to jump from article 211 to 275.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I am prepared to take up article 212 and go on.
Mr. President : I think that is much better. If anything happens, we can provide for that later on regarding Chandernagore. Let us take up article 212.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That with reference to amendment No. 2713 of the List of Amendments, clause
(2) of article 212 be omitted.”
The reason why this amendment is being moved is because all provisions with regard to the States specified in Part III are being made separately in a separate Schedule. Consequently it is unnecessary to retain clause (2) here.
I also move :
“That in clause (1) and the proviso to claue (1) of article 212. for the words ‘Governor or Ruler’, wherever they occur, the expression ‘Government’ be substituted.”
Mr. President: We have quite a number of amendments to this article of which notice has been given. I shall take them one by one.
[After discussion on various amendments Article 212 as amended by Dr. Ambedkar’s amendment was adopted and added to the Constitution.]