442 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Therefore, these two articles could not be availed of and there was necessity for this Bill. Then, it has been said that
341 (2) gives powers to the Parliament when an order by the President has been made. The Parliament is authorised to add to or subtract from or omit any caste from that schedule, but this is the general power, I Suppose, that is vested in the Parliament that is being exercised in enacting the Bill now before us.
As I have said, the Bill was essential and it has been brought at the right moment before the elections which are so near at hand. There is a separate list for every State and I feel that some Members who spoke were right when they pointed out that some castes which are specified as Scheduled Castes in one State may not be specified as such in the adjoining States. There are certain entries in the lists before us which to my mind give rise to some doubts, and I want the Hon. Minister to kindly clear the position. So far as Delhi is concerned, there are two castes included in Nos.
5 and 6: Banjaras and Bawarias. But these people are not included in the list under Himachal Pradesh. These Banjaras and Bawarias are to be found in Himachal Pradesh as well in good numbers.
Dr. Ambedkar: If my hon. Friend will see entry No. 6 under Himachal Pradesh, he will see Bhanjra there.
Sardar Hukam Singh : I am referring to Banjara and not Bhanjra.
Dr. Ambedkar : So it is a question of pronunciation.
Sardar Hukam Singh: No. They are different castes altogether. A Banjara is a different tribesman from a Bhanjra. Then again, Mazhabi entered as item 16 under Himachal Pradesh has not been entered under Delhi. These people are included in the list of Punjab and PEPSU and after the partition a good number of them have migrated to the adjoining States and some have come to Delhi too,, apart from a good number who have gone to Himachal Pradesh. When the local authorities in those States collected the figures, they may have thought that their number was very small, but then