DRAFT CONSTITUTION 953
Shri Kuladhar Chaliha : Is amendment No. 139 accepted?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I cannot say off-hand now. I am only dealing with your amendment and the amendment of Mr. Brajeshwar Prasad, and I think they are unnecessary.
Mr. President : And amendment No. 139 has not been moved at all. It deals with paragraph 14.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : We shall deal with it when we reach paragraph 14.
[Amendment of Dr. Ambedkar as mentioned above was adopted. Others were rejected. Paragraph 1, as amended, was added to the Sixth Schedule.]
S IXTH S CHEDULE — (contd.)
(Paragraph 2)
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (Bombay : General): Sir, I beg to move :
“That in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2, for the words ‘not less than twenty and not more than forty members’ the words ‘not more than twenty-four members’ be substituted.”
This amendment is introduced because it was felt that the original number forty might be too large.
Sir, I move:
“That sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 2 be deleted.”
The reason why the deletion is made is because we propose to leave the delimitation of constituencies to rules rather than provide it in the Constitution itself.
Sir, I move:
“That after clause (d) of sub-paragraph (7) of paragraph 2, the following clause be added :—
‘ (dd) the term of office of members of such Councils.’ ”
This was omitted from the rule-making powers.
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : If you like, Sir, I would make a few observations at this stage and then probably many people may not find it necessary to speak and all these doubts, I think, would have been dispelled.
Prof. Shibban Lal Saksena : I only wanted to say that if this scheme of things is going to be put in a permanent Constitution that will mean that some areas of Assam shall remain beyond the control of Parliament for ever....
*CAD, Vol. IX, 6th September 1949, p. 1007.
† Ibid., p. 1013.