DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 769
Mr. Speaker : Allowing to explain the position is again to go on replying at every sentence. I do not propose to allow anything of the kind. (Interruption). The hon. Member will not now interfere at all so that I may not be compelled to take a very serious notice of these interruptions or points of order or suggestions. But when I put the motion.........
Shri H. V. Kamath (C. P. and Berar : General): Did you say, Sir, that the Bill would again come up for discussion?
Mr. Speaker : The clauses will come up for discussion.
Dr. B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya (Madras : General): May I respectfully make a small suggestion? This is going to be discussed or not— the question of the consideration motion being accepted. Therefore, whatever statements are made by the hon. Minister in charge of the Bill, they will go unchallenged. And so long as they go unchallenged a vote cannot be correctly obtained. The hon. Mover has been absent for a number of hours and he is not posted with information as to what has been said or what has not been said. For instance he says that on the question of ‘Adoption’ there was no opposition and here is a gentleman who rises and says that he did oppose those provisions. I would therefore request that the hon. Minister will not make his reply controversial.
Mr. Speaker : The point is as I have understood the hon. Minister that he is trying merely to summarise his point of view.
Dr. B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya : No.
Mr. Speaker : Order, Order. Let hon. Members not interfere. I believe he is perfectly entitled to lay before the House his point of view. It may be correct, it may not be correct. Therefore, when he is replying, his reply has to be heard for what it is worth. Hon. Members should not immediately get up and say “this statement is wrong” or “that statement is wrong” because we will then be drifting into a controversy. Let us hear him. And the best method of democracy is to be patient with the opponent.
Sjt. Rohini Kumar Chaudhari : Can we not reply to the wrong statements made?
Mr. Speaker : No reply now because the opposition will get their chance when the clause by clause reading comes in.
Sjt. Rohini Kumar Chaudhari : He will also get a chance then.