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this thing to be done, that man shall be killed and nobody will associate with him. ( Mr. Tajamal Husain: “Is there any compulsion ?”). If a man marries his sister or mother, is there any compulsion ? Is this an enabling measure ? This is going into the very vitals of the society. It is intolerable. It is impossible for us to be reconciled to this situation simply because in regard to some people there is such a custom. I do not say that those people should not be protected, but for them provision can be made.
Shri L. Krishnaswami Bharati : Exactly that has been provided if you refer to clause 7(5)—the parties should not be sapindas of each other.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : May I humbly enquire if a daughter of the aunt can be married to a man ? I have seen the rules. I submit for your consideration that in these matters the law has been changed, and unless the law is brought to suit our conditions it is difficult for us to support this measure. That can be done. In the Select Committee amendments can be moved. I do not want that the Bill should be throttled or killed:
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : It can also be done by an amendment in this House.
An Honourable Member : I hope you will accept.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I shall be prepared to accept any reasonable amendment.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : I am very glad, and to that extent I am agreeable to support this Bill.
Mr. Tajamul Husain : Does the honourable Member intend to finish today ?
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The honourable Member seems to be interested in this than other person, who are affected by this Bill. I have been noticing it. I cannot ask the honourable Member when he proposes to finish. It is open to him to take a reasonable time without repetition.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : It is not my intention to take one more minute than is necessary. If I am repeating, I may be called to order. If a Bill is there which affects the lives of thirty crores of people, it is not too much to consider it for several days.
Now I come to the provisions made by the Select Committee and to the most crucial questions in this matter. They are, whether in regard