236 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. Ambedkar : After my amendment, section 27J would become 27K.
- Mr. Speaker : ……….. Then we come to the first amendment of Dr. Ambedkar to his own amendment. After disposing of it, we shall come to the main amendment. The first amendment which Dr. Ambedkar has moved to his own amendment is in Supplementary List No. 8.
Dr. Ambedkar : The one about the addition of the words “so specified”.
Mr. Speaker : The amendment is, more or less, a formal one. The question is :
In the amendment by Dr. Ambedkar, in the proposed new clause 10B, in sub-section ( 3 ) of the proposed new section 27A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, after the words “for any State or group of States” occurring in line two, insert the words “so specified”.
The motion was adopted.
Mr. Speaker : Then we come to the second amendment. That is also, more or less, a formal amendment. The question is :
In the amendment by Dr. Ambedkar, in the proposed new clause 10B, in sub-section ( 4 ) of the proposed new section 27A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, after the words “electoral college” insert the words, brackets and figure “for any such State or group of States as is referred to in sub-section (2)”.
The motion was adopted.
Mr. Speaker : Now we come to the amendment regarding the Electoral College for the State of Delhi, and which is proposed to be added as sub-section (5) of section 27A. What does Mr. Tyagi want to say?,
Shri Tyagi : Sir, I only want to enquire what will be the meaning of the word “non-official”.
Dr. Ambedkar : Other than official, that is all.
- P.D., Vol. 7, Part II, 22nd December 1950, pp. 2263-64.