DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 1125
Pandit Malaviya : Some of my hon. friends may laugh, Sir, but it is difficult for me to say how long I will take. I hope you will believe me,. Sir, that I have been trying not to dilate or to be expansive in my arguments. Some hon. friends have said that I was dilating. I can only say that if any one of them would do me the honour of meeting me outside the Chamber and letting me explain to him my view point about any one of the points which I am touching upon here, then he would know how much there is to be said on each one of these points, and how I am trying to confine myself only to the most essential things. Therefore......
Mr. Deputy Speaker: May I know whether it is possible for the hon. Member to finish in another fifteen minutes ?
Pandit Malaviya : I do not think that will be possible. I may tell you, Sir, that I have got here a heap of notes and books which I have not yet even once touched. I am saying this in all sincerity and I am trying to confine myself to the most essential things. If I wanted to take up each one of the points in great detail, it would be different. I am trying to confine myself to the essentials. Yet I feel so deeply and so strongly on this matter and the subject is so important and vast that I am afraid it will not be possible for me to finish today. But I am in your hands, Sir.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : How long does the hon. Member propose to take ?
Dr. Ambedkar : Five days.
Pandit Malaviya : The Law Minister says five days : I would not mind five days.
Shri Sondhi (Punjab) : The challenge is accepted.
Shrimati Durgabai: May I suggest to my brother Member that his thesis may be printed and circulated and taken as read ?
Hon. Members : No. no.
Pandit Malaviya : When my hon. sister makes the Constitution of this country and also the rules of Parliament, then probably we shall have that procedure.
Sardar B. S. Man : That day is not far off.
Pandit Malaviya : I would not unnecessarily take too much time but I would not be able to finish today.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Let me know how long he will take from now.