DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 1279
leading to a fall in our moral and human standards. The Hindu Code has been drafted to reomve this extreme kind of discrimination and to bring the Dwijas and Shudras from Cape Comorin right upto Kashmir together. You want to spread the awakening among the Hindus. I say that the Hindu Code Bill would be a great help in this direction. You do not want to show the same sense of moral values which has been shown by Dr. Ambedkar in drafting this Bill. In this connection I wish to say that if there can be any means of bringing the Dwijas and the Shudras together, it can only be the Hindu Code Bill. You say that it should be applied only to those who want it, and those who do not want it should not be compelled to adopt it and none should be forced to adopt monogamy and divorce. In my opinion propaganda has been done in the wrong manner is this connection. Government have no money and they do not want to do propaganda in this respect. Not the supporters, but the opponents of the Hindu Code are doing forceful propaganda. Once I heard that Karpatriji said in a speech that it could even make marriage between father and daughter possible. Similarly other false propaganda is being done. It is said that it would lead to marriages between brothers and sisters and the Hindu religion is going to pieces. I say that the diseases which have crept into Hindu religion are being sought to be removed by treatment. This is the aim of the Hindu Code. Such a propaganda is being done in this connection. You say that you do not want divorce, but on the other hand, you want that it should be introduced for us. Among the Dwijas a married woman who becomes a widow, cannot be re-married in any case but men can marry a hundred times if they like. This is no justice. Just as Rama married once ………
Mr. Deputy Speaker: You leave Rama aside.
Shri Bhatt: He should be allowed.
Shri Jangde : I was speaking of the evil custom prevailing among the Shudras. We want to change it. Every person can marry five or six women. In no home are women married according to Saptapadi are found. They go away with the high-handed persons. By changing their women repeatedly they incur much expenditure. More than half of their property is spent in marrying these women. Is it justice that a woman married to a man should go to another ? This Bill in which you see the end of the Hindu religion has been introduced to remove these evils. Therefore, without taking more time I would like to submit that if you want to see the renaissance of the Hindu religion, if you