584 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
you will be opening the door for a few disgruntled persons who want to take advantage of this innovated piece of legislation.
Dr. Mono Mohan Das (West Bengal); Is he not casting aspersions on some of the members of this House ? He has repeated the same thing so many times.
Pandit Mukut Bihari Lal Bhargava : I have not referred to any Members of this House. My hon. friend should have the patience and the tolerance to hear the opposite views. My submission is that you cannot put a brake to this spontaneous growth and development of Hindu law by this piece of legislation and if you pass it, you will be spoiling the beauty of Hindu law rather than adding to it. This piece of legislation is so disastrous in its character and so destructive in its nature that it is difficult to imagine the bringing of a constructive approach to bear upon it. The Hon. Prime Minister and Leader of the House suggested the other day that we should meet in a formal or informal committee to devise a compromise upon which the orthodox and unorthodox sections can agree. I join issue with him. But I feel that the Bill has been conceived with a mental outlook and psychology which is wholly repugnant and unacceptable to Hindu ideology. Consequently, in spite of our sincere efforts to arrive at a constructive approach of this measure, it will be very difficult to do so. The safest course for the Government to adopt is to withhold this measure and wait for a more opportune time for a legislature elected on adult franchise with a mandate from the electorate to change the entire structure of the Hindu society. Until and unless there is such a mandate, I submit, and I question and question with vehemence the propriety of this legislature to deal with a measure of this vital importance to the Hindu society.
With these words, Sir, I resume my seat.
Shri Loknath Misra (Orissa : General) : On a point of order. Although I do not desire to oppose the consideration of this Bill, I think its consideration is totally barred and bolted by the very Constitution which we have recently passed. Of course, it may be argued that it has not yet come into force. But we are quite sure that we are not going to pass this Bill this time and by the time the Bill is passed the Constitution must have come into force. If you will permit me, I will detail my reasons for saying that this Bill is against the Constitution.