PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 139
Some Hon. Members : We have not spoken as yet.
Dr. Ambedkar : Notwithstanding the fact that so much heat and so much vehemence have been introduced in this debate ………
Shri Sondhi : You will have more of it.
Shri Kamath : You are adding to it.
Mr. Speaker : Order, order. Let him go on.
Dr. Ambedkar : In the Constitution, there is a provision that delimitation shall be undertaken by Parliament. That is there. In this Bill, what we have proposed is that this power which belongs to Parliament may be delegated to the President, and the President may, by order, prescribe what the constituencies are. It may be contended—and very rightly too—that this matter ought not to be left to the President but that this Parliament should engage itself in looking into every constituency that may be framed for the purpose of both the elections to the Parliament and to the State Legislatures. I do not deny the right, but the question is whether Parliament can and will be able to find the enormous time that will be necessary for scrutinising every constituency both for the Parliament and for the State Legislatures.
Dr. Deshmukh : That is not the only course.
Dr. Ambedkar : Please let me go on.
Therefore, in this particular clause 13, the provision is made that although the President may, by order, prescribe and delimit constituencies he shall be bound to place the order of delimitation before the House. I may frankly state that even I am not satisfied with this provision, because I want Parliament to have a look into it. But nobody has suggested this. ( Interruption ). This is one point which the Select Committee may look into, I agree. But why go to the Select Committee for this kind of thing ? I have a solution. I have two alternatives. One is that clause 12 may be so amended that we can add that the order of delimitation made by the President should be placed before Parliament and if Parliament