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“security of the State” ? The wording “security of the State” seems to be more proper and the change is only verbal.
Mr. Vice-President: Yes.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Sir, I beg to move ...
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: (Bombay : General): Sir, may I suggest to my Friend that if he is prepared to accept the wording as I suggest now, namely, “connected with the security of the State” instead of the words “connected with stability of the Government established by law” I shall be prepared to accept it, because I find that that is exactly the language we have used in amended entry 3 in List I—We have used the word “security of India” there. If my Friend is satisfied with the wording I have now suggested I shall be prepared to accept it.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I am grateful to Dr. Ambedkar, but this is exactly the change which I was asking to the Vice-President to permit me to make.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Your words were different.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I was going to move an amended amendment and that is exactly on the lines, word for word, as the one that Dr. Ambedkar now suggests.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Then there is nothing to speak about it. If my honourable Friend will move the amendment as I have suggested then I am prepared to accept it.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I must move my amendment.
Mr. Vice-President: As. Dr. Ambedkar is accepting it, is it necessary for the honourable Member to move the amendment and speak on it?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : If my honourable Friend fails to recognize that I was going to move an amendment which is correct and exactly corresponds to his ideas, I cannot help it. But let me move my amendment.
Sir, I beg to move:
“That in amendment No. 124 of List I (Sixth Week), in the proposed new entry 2-A of List III, for the words “stability of the Government” the words “security of the State” be substituted.”
The expression “stability of the Government” is not proper...
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not think any argument is needed as I am accepting the amendment.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I know. But there is the House. I will say only one or two words. The expression “stability of the Government” is rather vague in the context of the new entry proposed by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, namely, “preventive detention for reasons connected with the