1018 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. Ambedkar: I have heard that this matter has been agitated in some of the local Assemblies, and I hear some State Governments have already reduced the price of the electoral rolls.
Shri T. N. Singh: May I know whether the word “simultaneously” used by the Hon. Minister in his reply means that all the elections will be held on one day in all the different States or whether it will be spread over three or four days ?
Dr. Ambedkar: It should take place on the same day for expenditure to be economised.
Shri R. Velayudhan: May I know if, any final date has been fixed for the Delimitation Committees to submit their reports ?
Mr. Ambedkar: I think the date was at one time fixed, as it was the intention of the Election Commission to submit the Election Constituency Order to the President and place it before this House in this Session. But in view of the fact that the date of the election has been postponed, probably he desires to have more time in order to enable him to prepare the constituencies more in consonance with the facts of the case.
Shri K. Vaidya : Sir, should not the elections take place in April in the case of States where there is no legislature at all ?
Dr. Ambedkar: If my friend will resume his seat I will give the reply. So far as the House of the People is concerned, the Legislature of the State is not involved, because the election is by the people. Where there are Upper Chambers, there, by the Bill which I am presenting to the House to-day they are making provisions for election in such States where Legislatures do not exist.
Shri Dwivedi: Sir, may I know whether any minimum qualifications are to be fixed for persons standing for elections ?
Dr. Ambedkar: That matter is under debate by a Resolution moved by Prof. K. T. Shah.
Shri Radhelal Vyas: In view of the fact that the general elections have been postponed by one year, will the qualifying date