128 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
As I said, the First Schedule refers to the House of the People. The seats for the States in Part A and Part B have been calculated on the basis of one Member for every 720,000 of the population. With regard to Part C, hon. Members will remember that the determination of the seats for States in Part C is set out in article 82. That article 82 practically leaves it to Parliament to decide it in the best manner it can without being bound by the two rules which have been laid down in article 81. Consequently, really speaking, this standard figure of 720,000 could not be made the basis for the allocation of seats to States in Part C because on that basis most of those States will not even get a single seat in Parliament. Consequently, what has been done is that they have been just given one seat for the purpose of securing their representation in Parliament without being bound down by any of the rules that have been laid down for States in Part A and Part B.
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya (Bihar) : But in cases where there is more than one seat ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I am coming to that. With regard to Delhi an exception has been made, namely, that Delhi has been given three seats.
Shri Raj Bahadur: Why was this exception made ?
Shri Bharati: Because it is the Capital.
Dr. Ambedkar : One of the reasons is that Delhi has quite a big population as compared to the other States listed in Part C. The basis we have taken with regard Delhi is one seat for every 500,000 of the population, and therefore Delhi will have three seats.
Capt. A. P. Singh (Vindhya Pradesh) : Why has this standard of 500,000 not been taken as a basis in the case of Vindhya Pradesh ? Vindhya Pradesh has been given only five seats.
Dr. Ambedkar: Vindhya Pradesh has a big population. What I say is this, that we are trying to upgrade where upgradation is necessary ; we are not trying to upgrade where