1120 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
I happen to have the privilege of having by my side a sister who is all the time helping me by murmuring something or the other into my ears.
Shrimati Renuka Ray : I was pointing out that this was the best speech in favour of bringing in the reforms contemplated in this Bill.
Shri Munavalli: I want to enlighten my friend over this matter because...
Sardar B. S. Man : It is now the time of the hon. Member who is already on his legs to elighten the House.
Pandit Maitra: The hon. Member has raised a very important point that the Bill was not published in the States...
Mr. Chairman: I do not know why the hon. Member should advocate his cause.
Pandit Malaviya : In view of the fact that the Bill has not been published in the States and is now going to be applicable to them also in all probability, something should be done to redress that glaring injustice. How it can be done would probably be best devised by the hon. the Law Minister. As I said, it is no use making an impracticable, theoretical suggestion at a stage when it is not feasible. I, therefore, do not say that this Bill should now be published or circulated for their information. But, probably, we can devise some other way by which that difficulty might yet be overcome, at least to a degree. And I would suggest for the consideration of the Law Minister—not as one who is opposed to the Bill necessarily, but as one with whom, I think, he may find himself at one on this issue— that the people of such a vast portion of the country should not have a clear and legitimate grievance of that nature. I would suggest to him to consider this proposition at least with respect to those States, if not for the rest. The amendment of which I have given notice and which I have moved says that this Bill should apply to anyone only after a referendum has been taken in the State to which he belongs and, in accordance with the result of that referendum, the Legislature of that State has decided that the Bill should apply thereto. I shall come to that in due course. But may I suggest now—whether that amendment of mine is accepted in its entirety or not—that the hon. the Law Minister might consider the propriety of providing in the Bill that at least with regard to the parts of the country which were then called the Indian States, where this Bill had not been published, this Bill should not come into force unless,