440 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
for instance in Coorg, Ajmer, Tripura, they should be given representation. The Scheduled Castes in those places have not even been listed as Scheduled Castes. I do not know whether the Law Minister will be able to accept my amendment and list these people as Scheduled Castes. I do not say that wherever these people are, they must be given representation in the Councils, Assemblies and Parliament. That is not my demand. If the population of these people does not warrant representation, do not give it to them. If on the other hand, their number warrants, please give them representation and if you want to give them a fair deal and justice, at least include them in the list of Scheduled Castes so that facilities in education, services, representation in local bodies, and facilities even for drinking water can be given to these people. That is my only argument. I must say that in my opinion the Central Government has not done justice to these people and the larger share of the responsibility for that falls upon the two Harijan Ministers in our Cabinet, especially upon Dr. Ambedkar who has been making public speeches that people in Parliament belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are doing nothing. I do not think this attitude of Dr. Ambedkar is fair, justified or warranted. Therefore, when we are working under a democracy and have laid down adult franchise in the Constitution for everybody, if these unfortunate people in the Centrally Administered Areas get adult franchise and get representation, there should be no grudge and nothing should be said against this. If any hon. Member gets up and opposes it, I shall say that he is acting against the principle laid down by the Father of the Nation—Mahatma Gandhi.
Regarding the representation of these people in this House—and this is the only House in which they can be represented because there is no other House going to be established in the Centrally Administered Areas,—I should say that their representation is not fair. Delhi with a population of 15 lakhs will have three representatives in this House, but the number of these people in the Centrally Administered Areas is about 20 lakhs and yet they will have only three representatives, that is to say, one representative