1036 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(b) if so, the total number of claims and objections filed in each State;
(c) the number of such claims and objections disposed of so far ; and
(d) the number allowed, and the number disallowed ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): (a) to (d) The information is being collected by the Election Commission and will be laid on the Table in due course.
Shri Kamath: Is the last date for the filling of objections the same in all the states or is it different ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I cannot say. I must have notice of that question.
Shri Kamath : When will the information about claims and objections be received in the Election Commissioner’s Office ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I do not think there will be any undue delay in this matter.
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*MANUFACTURE OF BALLOT BOXES
3355. Shri R. C . Upadhyaya (on behalf of Shri Kishorimohan Tripathi): (a) Will the Minister of Law be pleased to State what progress has so far been made by different States in the matter of manufacturing ballot boxes and the printing of ballot-papers for the purposes of General Elections ?
(b) Are these going to be of a uniform type throughout India ?
(c) Has sufficient care been taken in the making of the ballot boxes and the printing of the ballot-papers to see that ignorant and illiterate voters can vote freely according to their choice ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): (a) Orders for the manufacture of ballot boxes have been placed, in consultation with the Election Commission, by all the States except West Bengal, Bihar and Rajasthan. Information about these three States is awaited. Ballot papers for the whole of India are being printed centrally at the Security Printing Press, Nasik.
*P. D., Vol. 7, Part I, 21st April 1951, p. 3444.