DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 537
Mr. Tajamul Husain : Sir, he said exactly this. It was in your absence.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Let me develop my point. The question is whether we had been authorised in this direction. In fact the authority of this House is based upon an indirect election; there was no direct election.
Shri H. V. Kamath : He said the same thing earlier and the Deputy Speaker gave a ruling also on the point.
Mr. Speaker : I leave it to the honourable Member, if he has said it because I do not know.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Sir. I want to elaborate it.
Mr. Speaker: Then, of course, no elaboration is necessary. He may go to the next point.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : We rose at that time for Lunch.
Mr. Speaker : The point seems to be very clear and it does not require any elaboration that this House was not elected by direct election, that the election has been indirect, that it was elected for a specific purpose, namely of making a Constitution, and therefore it should not go into this kind of legislation at this stage—that is the point. It hardly requires any elaboration. If it is the idea of the honourable Member to carry on for a long time. I shall be unable to support him.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : The point is that as soon as I began I was contradicted by Mr. Krishnaswamy Bharati.
Shri L. Krishnaswami Bharati : On a point of personal explanation, Sir, I never opened my mouth at that time.
Mr. Speaker : Whether a particular Member asserts or denies a particular thing, it has no effect so far as the real fact goes. If he has authority he has, if he has not. Mere assertion by one Member in one way or the other really does not make any difference. He may just state his point without going into detail.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : The question is that it is not so obvious.
Mr. Speaker : It is obvious.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : No, Sir, To Mr. Bharati it is not obvious.
Mr. Speaker : The honourable Member need not care to convince one Member who refuse to be convinced, He is addressing the whole House. He should know the House consists of Members, who have some level of understanding.