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consider the legal position before proceeding further with this piece of legislation.
Dr. Ambedkar : I am glad my hon. Friend raised this question. I did not bother to it because I thought that the section was so simple that it should not require any explanation. However, now that the question is raised, I think it is desirable that I should explain the position. In going through the merits of this particular clause, there are certain aspects of the case which have to be taken into consideration. The first is this, that in most of the Part C States, except Coorg, there are no local legislatures which could be entrusted with the duty of passing such local laws as may be necessary for their local administration. It is, I think, equally clear and my hon. friend, himself admitted the matter that the only other alternative is for Parliament to sit here and to make detailed laws for the local administration of these Part C States, and the question that has to be considered is this, whether in view of the time which is available to Parliament—and every one knows how difficult it is for this Parliament to get through some of the most essential measures necessary for carrying on the Central Administration—to find time which could be devoted in a meticulous consideration of the details of a local legislation. We are, therefore, so to say between two difficulties ; one is that there is no local legislature and the other is that Parliament is not in a position to engage itself in passing local laws for Part C States. What is, therefore to be done in a situation of this sort ? The only thing that could be done seems to be to give the Government of India the power to extend certain laws made by Part A States or other Part C States to be applied to Part C States with such modifications as may be necessary by reason of local circumstances and local difficulty. I do not see that there is any other way open to provide for local legislation for Part C States. Of course, it would be possible for Parliament at some stage to create local legislative councils for Part C States and to endow these local legislative councils with the power to make laws for their local administration but so long as Parliament has not done it, I do not see that there is any via media except what is suggested in this particular Bill, and, therefore, apart from