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them by the Constitution and so would not get reservations. He would remain an untouchable, suffering all the disabilities and disadvantages, with none of the rights and other benefits that would have accrued to him if he had remained in his original State. Therefore my point is this. A Scheduled Caste man in one State even if he migrates to another State should be equally entitled to all the benefits under the Constitution. I would request the Hon. the Law Minister to embody a provision to this effect. By excluding the Scheduled Castes from the enjoyment of such privileges, when they move from one State to another there has been a restriction on their movement from one State to another. Therefore, I would earnestly request the Hon. Minister to consider the insertion of a proviso to section
3A by which all persons who are Scheduled Castes in their States should get automatically all the rights and benefits if they migrate to States other than their own.
The third point that I would like to bring to the notice of the Hon. Minister is that the Scheduled Caste lists are defective and many castes which are untouchables in the different States are omitted and no efforts are being made to see that these castes are included in the Union List as also in the list of those States. The Hon. Minister said that this list is exhaustive and no caste has been omitted. But I think he has failed in his duty to see that all the Scheduled Castes were brought on the Provincial Scheduled Caste List as also on the Union Caste List. Many representations have been sent to the Home Minister and to the Law Minister about those untouchable castes.
Mr. Chairman : Is the hon. Member likely to take a long time?
Shri Sonavane : Yes, Madam.
Mr. Chairman: Then he may continue his speech tomorrow.
The House then adjourned till a Quarter to Eleven of the Clock on Thursday, the 19th April, 1951.