DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 1205
Speaker in the cartoon in this role he had no other intention. While regretting that anything in the cartoon should have given cause to you for offence. I hope you will be good enough to accept this explanation and our sincere assurance that there was no intention whatsoever of showing disrespect to the Chair and the House.”
I think this is sufficient.
Dr. Deshmukh : From the Chair, he has shifted to Members. He is accusing Members now. It is worse.
Shri Radhelal Vyas : (Madhya Bharat) : I think the matter should be referred to a Committee of Privileges.
Shri Bhatt : It should be made clear that it was not intended to cast aspersion on any Member either.
Dr. Deshmukh : Shri Deshbandhu Gupta should be made to appologise to the House.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : Evidently he feels that the speed which he expects of the progress of the Bill has not been made in this case. I shall later look into the matter as to whether any aspersion or insinuation has been cast on any hon. Members of this House.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : So far as your observations are concerned, with your permission I would like to say a word. The Members of this House realise that the Chair is sacred. Here sat Vithalbhai Patel—whose portrait we see before us—who sanctified the Chair. After him was it adorned by men of great eminence and prominence. We all know that the Chair has been holding the scales even. It is idle for the outside world or any members here to think or feel that the Chair is not impartial or dealing fairly with any question.
But at the same time when passions are frayed, when persons take sides, they are apt to see from an unbalanced standpoint the conduct of the Chair or of the Members of this House. Now great exception was taken by some Members, and they even asked you to stop a Member during the course of his speech. I can fully understand the view-point of every Member who wants to make a long speech. Even Dr. Ambedkar made certain statements to which certain Members took exception, though I was not one of them. Every Member has a right to criticise. So far as we are concerned our skins are too thick now to get offended by such criticism. So far as the conduct of the Chair in this House is concerned, no member has for a moment even thought that it is conducting the business in a partial manner.