1048 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. Deputy Speaker: I am afraid hon. Members go on putting questions and Hon. Ministers go on giving answers. I have called the next question; the Hon. Minister need not have answered.
Shri Kamath: I did not hear you, Sir.
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*SYMBOLS FOR POLITICAL PARTIES
115. Shri S. N. Das: Will the Minister of Law be pleased to state:
(a) The names of political parties which were invited by the Election Commission to consider allotment of symbols to different parties in the coming General Elections;
(b) On what basis these parties were invited;
(c) Before inviting these parties whether any effort was made to as certaina as to which of the political parties were going to contest the elections ; and
(d) Whether any decision has been taken regarding allotment of symbols ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): (a) (1) Indian National Congress.
(2) All Indian Forward Block (Ruikar Group).
(3) All India Forward Block (Marxist Group Party of Workers and Peasants of India).
(4) Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha.
(5) Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party.
(6) Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad.
(7) Socialist Party.
(8) All India Scheduled Castes’ Federation.
(b) and (c) Such of the parties as, in the opinion of the Election Commission, actually function in all the States or
- P. D., Vol. 9, Part I, 9th August 1951, p. 133.