DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 1263
Shri Jangde: The hon. Member must now come to the subject.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: What I would say is it must be left to somebody to deicde whether the debate has been sufficient or not, and the Chair takes the responsibility. I called upon the Hon. the Law Minister to reply. It is no good referring to all those rulings when it is left to the Speaker to decide. I have now given an opportunity to the hon. Member. That was on the definition clause. This is clause 4. If he wants to say anything let him say now. What is the good of saying: “You did not give me any opportunity then” ? All that is not relevant.
Babu Ramnarayan Singh: Sir, whatever your ruling it is acceptable. But I am not saying anything unreasonable.
Mr. Deputy Speaker : What is the good of wasting time over that matter ?
Babu Ramnarayan Singh : That is not the thing. All the Members here have the right to speak, and the subject in discussion here is such that it should not have been brought up at all. To me indeed any punishment given to the Government, who have brought this measure here, and their supporters in this regard would be reasonable. Sir, you Probably do not know that hundreds of persons are daily arrested here outside and released ten or twenty miles away. It is said to be a secular State. Does a secular State give liberty to do all sorts of unreasonable things under the cover of secularism ? This Parliament is meant to protect the rights of the people and you are its presiding officer. These things must come to your knowledge and you should give due consideration to them. What is it after all that police has been posted all round and none can pass that way ? This is very bad and absolutely unjustifiable.
This Bill abrogates all the previous texts of the Hindu Law and all rules and interpretations given in respect of them. I am not talking of customs. (I am simply speaking of text). Sir, you are a scholar and are very well aware that the Vedas of our country came to be revealed at the beginning of the world and the establishment of the social organisation. The rules of conduct and duties of men in our country are determined by the Vedas. Today we have Pandit Nehru’s administration whose representative. Dr. Ambedkar wants to abrogate with a single stroke all those rules which have existed since the beginning of the world. I would say that all the Hon. Members should oppose such a measure. Firstly, the Hindu Code Bill should not pass