444 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Shri Sonavane: I rise to support this Bill and to congratulate the Government on bringing this measure before this August House. I was, therefore, surprised to see why the mind of Mr. Kapoor was so confused today. As is usual with Mr. Kapoor to speak on every Bill, he did today without any justification.
A cursory reading of article 332(1) and article 341(2) would have made it clear to Mr. Kapoor that this measure was necessary. My hon. friend simply relied too much on article 330 (2), caught hold of words “in the State” and went on arguing with that, oblivious of the fact that there are other articles. I would draw his attention to article 332(1) which conditions and qualifies article 330(2). Article 332(1) reads thus:
“Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, except the Scheduled Tribes in the tribal areas of Assam in the Legislative Assembly of every State specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule.”
Shri J. R. Kapoor: We are not dealing with the State Assemblies; we are dealing with the House of the People.
Shri Sonavane: I would also draw the attention of the hon. Member to Article 341 (2) which reads :
“Parliament may, by law include in, or exclude from the list of Scheduled Castes specified in a notification issued under clause
(1) any caste, face or tribe or part of or group within any caste, race or tribe, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification.”
In view of these provisions in Part XVI I think the measure that has been brought forward is absolutely essential and Mr. Kapoor should not have raised his voice against it.
I would now come to another aspect of this question to which the Hon. and learned Law Minister should pay attention. The measure specifies certain castes in the Sixth Schedule. But there are other Scheduled Castes in other States. These Scheduled Castes when they go over to other States, are not recognised as such and would not enjoy the rights given to