818 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. P. S. Deshmukh : But Dr. Ambedkar is not the Minister in charge.
Mr. Vice-President : Yes, that is so ; and the Honourable Member Mr. Kamath has had ample opportunity to speak on this clause. I therefore accept the motion for closure.
The question is :
“That the question be now put.”
The motion was adopted.
ARTICLE 150 (Contd.)
- Mr . Vice-President : (Shri V. T. Krishnamachari) : Today we begin with article 150. The House will remember that there was a debate on this article as it originally stood and after three amendments were moved, the article was recommitted to the Drafting Committee. Dr. Ambedkar has now given notice of a new article. I request him to move that article, amendment No. 1 of List I (Fourth Week).
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad (West Bengal; Muslim) : Sir, I have a point of Order. Shall I move it just now or after the amendment is moved ?
Mr. Vice-President : You may move it just now.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, as I have been observing for some time that the Drafting Committee has been springing surprise after surprise on the Members. Every day new amendments of a sweeping character are being sent in by the Draftting Committee. They come in all of a sudden like Air Raids.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bombay : General) : Where is the point of Order ?
Mr. Vice-President: May I remind the honourable Member that this amendment has been brought before the House by Dr. Ambedkar and the Drafting Committee in response to the desire universally expressed in the House. For this reason, I rule out this point of Order. I now ask Dr. Ambedkar to move his amendment.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Mr. Vice-President, Sir, I move :
“That for article 150, the following be substituted:— Composition of the 150. (1) The total number of members in the Legislative Council. Legislative Council of a .State having such a Council shall not exceed one-fourth of the total number of members in the Assembly of that State ;
Provided that the total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State shall in no case be less than forty.
- CAD, Vol. IX, dated 19th August 1949, pp. 473-74