918 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
We have distributed this entry, kept apart in List I and the other part is now placed in List II.
(Entry 10-A was added to the State List)
ENTRY 12
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move :
“That for entry 12 of List II, the following entries be substituted:—
‘12. The salaries and allowances of Ministers for the State, of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and if there is a Legislative Council, Council of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman thereof; the salaries and allowances of the members of the Legislature of the State.’
‘12-A. The priviledges, immunities and powers of the Legislative Assembly and of the members and the Committees thereof and if there is a Legislative Council, of that Council and of the members and the Committees thereof.’ ”
This is merely a counterpart of what we have done so far as List I is concerned regarding the Centre.
(Entries 12 and 12-A were added to the State List)
ENTRY 14
†Mr. President : Now the question is whether we should have an additional entry as “Regulation and control of Houses and Rents”. Mr. Tyagi, you move it as a separate entry.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes, he may move it as a separate entry.
Shri Mahavir Tyagi : I am grateful to you and also to Dr. Ambedkar. He has for the first time been generous to me.
Sir, I do submit that it is really embarrassing to move an amendment to the list which has been submitted by the Drafting Committee, for the Drafting Committee is always very resourceful and it is very difficult to struggle with them successfully.
Mr. President : But you are moving an additional entry.
Shri Mahavir Tyagi : Yes, Sir, but the acceptance of the Drafting Committee has to be sought After all it is primarily they who accept suggestions, and if they accept them, then the House readily agrees to them.
The House has already agreed to one entry which says that all the residuary powers will go to the Centre, all that is not mentioned in List II or List III. I submit that the control of Houses in urban areas and the control of rents of those houses are an important matter today. It was not
*CAD, Vol. IX, 1st September 1949, p. 871.
† Ibid., pp. 873-874.