1250 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Some hon. Members : This is a very controversial clause.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : I think we must sit tomorrow. We shall be sitting tomorrow also.
Some hon. Members : Yes, yes.
Some hon. Members : No, no.
Capt. A. P. Singh : Tomorrow we must have a holiday.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : There is so much of work in the Order Paper. We have not even finished clause 4. There are 55 clauses in all, in this chapter. In these circumstances, I am afraid we will have to sit tomorrow.
Capt. A. P. Singh : We have got to study so much about this Bill and about so many other things. We should have some time.
Mr. Deput Speaker : There are no questions tomorrow. I have no objection to sitting from 9-30. We will sit at 9-30 a.m. This will be the only work tomorrow.
Some hon. Members : Yes.
An hon. Member : Up to ?
Mr. Deputy Speaker : 1-15 as usual.
An hon. Member : 9-30 to 2 O’clock.
Pandit Maitra (West Bengal) : Up to 12 O’clock, Sir. We have got other work.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava : This is the most contentious clause in the whole Bill (interruptions). Sir, I was submitting that clause 4 is the most contentious clause in the whole Bill. As a matter of fact while we were considering clause 2 which took so much time of the House, the contentions were really such as appertained to clauses 4. Human nature as we know it, loves its own customs. In societies where the lawmaking power is not fully evolved the conduct of the people is governed by customs, and custom gets fixed in the affections of the people and its seat is deep in the hearts of people to such an extent that people love it in preference to imposed law. Therefore, the question which is put to us when we go out into the country is “Are our customs to be safe or not ?” a few days ago I was in the house of one of my friends who happens to be a Minister of the Govrnment of India and his orderly asked me. “What are you doing, Sir, with regard to the Hindu Code ?” I told him that the Hindu Code Bill was being discussed and some portions of it will be passed. The very next question that he puts me is, “Will it do away with