DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 1043
to allow any hon. Member to speak, who had spoken already. Somehow Dr. Deshmukh was called yesterday when I was not in the Chair. If I had been here I would not have called him.
Shri J. R. Kapoor : My amendments fall into two categories : one old and the other entirely new.
Mr. Deputy-Speaker : I shall come to that later, after others have been given an opportunity.
Shri Bhatt : Sir, excuse me. I am sitting opposite to you but am not catching your eye. I have been getting up since yesterday. You said that those who have given notice of amendments did not stand up. May be, there is some forgetfulness on your part.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Order, order, the hon. Member need not cast aspersions, that I had not seen him or I did not notice him. Hon. Members have no patience to sit and await their chance. When they come they expect to be immediately called and if they are not, they go away to the lobby. You cannot expect me to bear all this in mind. When I make up my mind which hon. Member to call next and if he is not in his seat I am entitled to ignore him. I cannot call them by the order in my mind one after the other. That is not the practice even in the House of Commons. I did not find the hon. Member standing up when I was in the Chair. I have a note here. I made a note of those Members who have not already spoken but have tabled their amendments. But they have no patience to sit here and the moment they are not called they go away to the lobby.
Pandit Maitra : There is absolutely no dissatisfaction at what you, Sir, have done. I want to assure you that we have the feeling that we are all getting an honest and fair deal—absolutely impartial deal—from you. We have no feeling against the Chair.
Pandit Krishna Chandra Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) : May I suggest that the words used by Shri Bhatt may be withdrawn ?
Pandit Maitra : He never meant any objection.
Shri Bhatt : With your permission, Sir, I want to clarify the position. All I wanted to bring to your notice was that I have been standing, but perhaps you did not notice it.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : I shall come to hon. Members who have not spoken and who have tabled amendments next.