DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 1289
So I was referring to the fact that even in the present days sagotra marriages are not being performed. But there is no denying the fact that rules and regulations have great force on their back. Supposing a man with the help of this law seeks to get married in the same village or among the same gotra, what would be the possible consequences ? He is likely to meet the same fate as I have described earlier. It is not that I want to exaggerate things in any way, but, all the same, let me point out what I consider to be a serious drawback in our present day society. Supposing any member of my family gets married in such a manner, nobody would care to ascertain my view in the matter. If my brother commits any wrong of this type, it may be that I may also be murdered simply because I happen to be his brother, regardless of the fact whether my views are in his favour or otherwise. None is going to ask me to explain my view point. Such is the sorry state of affairs in our community. Indeed how strange it looks that they judge the doings of one brother from those of the others ! Here, in your society, three brothers can hold three different views— one can be a Communist, the second a Socialist and the third Congressite. To be more precise, if a man here is a member of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, it is open to his brother to join any other party. But things at our end are quite the reverse. If any one member of a certain family there joins Congress, the entire family would be automatically deemed to be Congress site regardless of the fact whether it be so or not. Such is the condition of our community. Now, it is for you to call it whatever you like— progress or otherwise. I, for one, under such circumstances, stand for monogamy in our society. In a country like ours; especially in a community which I belong to namely Jats, monogamy is particularly essential, for among us the number of boys is more than girls. A man have two wives only by encroaching upon the share of any one of his fellow beings. Under the practice of monogamy, comparatively larger number of men would be provided with wives which is otherwise not possible. It is just possible there may be such regions in this country where the number of women is more than men. ( English translation concluded ).
Sardar B. S. Man (Punjab) : In Madras they have.
Ch. Ranbir Singh: But the difficulty is that a Hindu Jat of our side is not so broad-minded as to go as far as Madras ; a Sikh Jat may go. I for one consider monogamy to be a step in the right direction ; but the difficulty is that our society has not yet so advanced, or shall