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say to them, in the words of Edmund Burke, is “Large Empires and small minds go ill together”.
Mr. President : I shall now take up the amendments one by one....
Shri Yudhisthir Mishra (Orissa States) : Sir, I would like to withdraw my amendment.
(The amendment was, by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.)
Mr. President : Amendment No. 40 (List I—Fifth Week)
Shri S. Nagappa : In view of the explanation given by Dr. Ambedkar I do not wish to press my amendment.
(The amendment was, by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.)
Mr. President : Amendment No. 99 (List III—Fifth Week).
Shri V. I. Muniswamy Pillay : I was not present in the House on the 25th May when the Second Report of the Minorities Committee was considered. However, in view of what Dr. Ambedkar has said I would like to withdraw my amendment.
The amendment was, by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.
*Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : The principle of my amendment has been substantially accepted by Mr. T. T. Krishnamachari’s amendment. Therefore, I wish to withdraw my amendment.
[The amendment was, by leave of the Assembly, withdrawn.]
Mr. President : The next amendment is No. 113 by Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava. This has been accepted by Dr. Ambedkar. The question is :
“That in amendment No. 38 of List 1 (Fifth Week) of Amendments to Amendments, in the proposed new article 295-A, after the word ‘Constitution’ the brackets and letter ‘(a) ’ be inserted and after the word ‘State’, the following be inserted :—
‘ (b) relating to the representation of the Anglo-Indian community either in the House of the people or in the “Legislative Assemblies of the States through nomination.’ ”
(The amendment was adopted.)
Mr. President : The next amendment is Drafting Committee’s amendment No. 114. The question is :
“That in amendment No. 38 of List I (Fifth Week) of Amendments to Amendments, to the proposed article 295-A, the following proviso be added :—
‘Provided that nothing in this article shall affect the representation in the House of the People or in the Legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the then existing House or the Assembly, as the case may be.’ ”
[The amendment was adopted. Article 295-A, as amended, was added to the Constitution.]
*CAD, Vol. IX, 25th August 1949, p. 698.