DRAFT CONSTITUTION 911
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : Supposing there is not complete destruction of this right, but there is material curtailment or abridgement, will it not be covered by this?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : What is reasonable the Court will decide.
Shri Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar : I have nothing to add to my speech.
(At this stage Shri Deshbandhu Gupta rose to speak.)
Mr. President : I do not think there is any right of reply in a matter like this.
Shri Deshbandhu Gupta : On a point of order, I want to clear one or two points which seems to have created confusion.
Mr. President : No. It is a question whether you have the right to reply or not.
An honourable Member : The President has already said that the honourable Member has no right of reply.
Shri Deshbandhu Gupta : Sir, as some points have been raised and I would request you to explain these points particularly as no speaker from this side has spoken after Shri Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar raised the points.
Mr. President : I think a larger number of people spoke from your side and from your point of view.
I have understood the point of order that has been raised. I shall have to consider it and I will give my ruling later, but in the meantime I would ask Dr. Ambedkar to consider the other point which he himself has raised, supposing I rule that it is in order, then in that case I would expect him to be ready with the answer on the merits also as to whether you will have it in the form in which it is sought to be moved by Mr. Goenka or sought to be amended by Mr. Jhunjhunwala.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : In that case, they should withdraw the amendment.
Shri Deshbandhu Gupta : The amendment has not been moved. I took exception to the moving of the amendment.
Mr. President : I shall give my ruling later. We shall take up the other items now. Certain new items have been proposed. Some are in the printed list. Before we go to that, let us go through the other entries.
*CAD, Vol. IX, 1st September 1949, p. 853.