208 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
electorate to permit of elections being introduced in the representation of these two States. Consequently it is felt that the only course left is to secure the representation of these two States by nomination by the President and it is proposed that their nomination should alternate at the end of a two year period—once a representative of Manipur would be nominated by the President for the first two years and in the second two year period a representative of Tripura would be nominated. In the rest of Part C States the representation would be by election.
A further question, as I said, arises, namely the distribution of the seats. The House will remember or it can see by reference to Schedule IV that that Schedule in three cases has given one seat to two States. Those three cases are Manipur and Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur, which together have one seat and Ajmer and Coorg have together one seat.
There are two methods for regulating the representation of these states which have one seat jointly between them. One is to treat them as one constituency and the other is to treat them as two different constituencies and give them alternate representation. The case of Manipur and Tripura has already been disposed of, because the question of election does not arise there. That is a case which is governed by nomination. With regard to Ajmer and Coorg it is proposed that they should be represented by election separately in rotation—once the seat should be filled by election in Ajmer and the second time it should be filled by representation from Coorg. With regard to Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur it is proposed that the two States should be treated as one constituency and they should in a joint election elect one representative.
The House will no doubt say that we have given one treatment to Ajmer and Coorg and a different treatment to Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur. The argument is apparently correct. But I do not see how it is possible to treat these two series of States on a common footing. It will be realised that Ajmer and Coorg are not territorially contiguous. It will also