PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 395
Shri P. G. Sen: Yes, Dr. Ambedkar can answer in a word or in a sentence.
Mr. Speaker: Order, order. The hon. Member will address the Chair.
Shri P. G. Sen: Certainly Dr. Ambedkar is a better orator than myself.
In bringing this motion before the House the question that arose in my mind was: am I doing injustice to Bhagalpur, or am I doing injustice to Darbhanga, or to Purnea ? Not at all. The river Kosi divides the two districts of Bhagalpur and Purnea, and sufficient public money has been spent in undertaking aerial flights over this area ........... Just imagine the state of those flood-devastated Kosi area for which this House has on more than on occasion been pressing to hurry up with the construction of the Kosi Project.
Dr. Ambedkar: This is becoming an irrigation department event.
Shri P. G. Sen: Another point I wish to submit is that I wish to amalgamate the entire area of Bhagalpur with Darbhanga and make it a plural constituency with reservation for a scheduled caste seat. The scheduled caste voters in Darbhanga are nearly 2,50,000 and Bhagalpur portion of Purnea-cum-Bhagalpur constituency has 71,000 voters (Scheduled Caste) so if that entire area of Bhagalpur in Purnea-cum-Bhagalpur Constituency is amalgamated with this Darbhananga- cum -Bhagalpur area a plural-member constituency can be formed. It would not be out of place to mention here that there is a topographical error in amendment No. 1 of Supplementary List No. 2 where in column 3 it is shown as “2” whereas in column 4 it is shown as nil; in column 4 “1” should be inserted.
Shri P. G. Sen: May I submit to you Sir, that this is the only House where one can demand some justice done ?
P. D., Vol. 13, Part II, 9th June 1951, p. 10521.