964 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
about to allow amendments to be moved. Meanwhile, the hon. Member wanted to know whether the Hon. Minister is taking up any particular portions of this Bill first and giving them preference.
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya : In view of the reports in the Press, I wanted to know the correct position.
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru : I think the day before yesterday I did say something on this very subject, that is, we propose to take up Parts I and II of this Bill and if time permits we shall take up more. In any case, we do not want to leave the matter unfinished in regard to these two parts. We should like to finish them, even though in regard to the rest what we shall do depends on time.
Shri Kamath : Has any definite number of days been earmarked for the consideration of this Bill ?
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru : We expect that we shall finish it within this week.
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya : This month or this week ?
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru : This week, I said.
Dr. Ambedkar : With your permission, I should like to move amendment No. 4, in list No. 1. It seeks to substitute ‘tribe or community’ to bring it in conformity with the rest of the clause. I beg to move:
In the amendment proposed by me, printed as No. 3, after part (l) (i) insert:
“(ia) in part (c) (ii) for ‘community’ substitute ‘tribe or community’; ”.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Amendment moved :
In the amendment proposed by the Hon. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, printed as No. 3, after part (l)(i) insert:
“(ia) in part (c)(ii) for ‘community’ substitute ‘tribe or community’; ”.
Dr. Ambedkar has already moved amendment No. 3 during the last session. That amendment and this one are before the House. Has any other hon. Member got amendments relating to the same subject ?— to the same subject, and not to clause 2 as a whole ?
Shri J. R. Kapoor (Uttar Pradesh) : Is it your intention, Sir, that if we have amendments to the amendments No. 3 and 4 of Dr. Ambedkar, we may move them ?
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Yes.