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Shri L. Krishnaswami Bharathi : If that is so, then that point has been thrashed out so much that if he were to argue it again it will merely be taking the time of the House. That aspect has been so thrashed out and arguments have been advanced. He is merely repeating them. I would submit to you, Sir, that we can hear any new arguments but we are not prepared to hear the same arguments being repeated by him.
Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra : May I put in a few words in connection with the point of order raised by my friend Mr. Bharathi? He said that the honourable member Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad in his amendment for re-committal to the Select Committee had been raising the grounds which had been covered by Mr. Speaker’s ruling. I do emphatically maintain and the House would also agree that every honourable member is entitled, without disrespecting the ruling of the Chair to give the reasons which lead him to recommend the Bill for recommittal to the Select Committee. There is no point of order as such involved in it. It is a member’s legitimate right to place all arguments which he can for making a motion for recommittal to Select Committee.
Mr. Chairman : I think there is no point of order in this, because he is speaking for his amendment that the Bill be re-circulated for purposes of obtaining further opinion thereon and he is just advancing arguments how the Bill has changed ; how the original Bill has been altered in the Select Committee.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I submit, the real difficulty of my honourable friend is not there. I believe that an intelligent man as he is, Mr. Bharathi of all persons, is well aware of the real difficulties of the situation. That is why, I submit, he most intelligently wants to intercept me by Mr. Speaker’s ruling. I must make a declaration at once here that of all persons in the House I have the greatest respect for the decision of the Chair.
Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra : Why do you go into that ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : I am merely saying that I accept the decision of the chair. I am not going into that.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava (East Punjab : General): You must go into that. Why not ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : But what was the ruling ? The ruling was that the consideration of the Bill was not out of order; in fact, the ruling was that the members of the Select Committee had the