458 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
population. A lot of people from Madhya Pradesh have come and settled more or less permanently in Delhi. If you do not include, for instance, the Mahars, and some other Scheduled Castes who have come here permanently they will lose their rights. All these questions will have to be investigated because it is not a temporary thing. This is something which is going to be embodied in the Constitution; this is more or less a permanent thing which we expect to last for a long number of years. In these circumstances, spending a few more days on consideration of this Bill is not waste of time; it would be time well utilised, Therefore, I submit there should be no hurry in passing this measure. By merely passing this Bill, we are not going to go ahead much.
There are many difficulties. I am really doubtful whether we would be in a position to hold the elections in November or December next, because the delimitation work is going to be a great headache. There are great differences between what the Election Commissioner is going to do and what the Delimitation Committees have decided. You cannot rush such things in this House over the shoulders and decisions of the Delimitation Committees and have elections anyhow. There are many more difficulties which are going to take time. If that is going to happen, there should be no undue haste in passing this Bill and shutting out representation to people who would like to be included in the schedules to this Bill. I have been able to table an amendment in the case of two castes; but I am sure there are many more who would like to be heard and represented. I urge that the whole thing should not be done in a piecemeal fashion in which it has been done. It would be much better to have a consolidated measure so that the kinds of objections that have been raised here will not come forward hereafter. I shall move my amendment, and I hope the Hon. Minister would accept the same.
Shri R. Velayudhan (Travancore-Cochin) : It was not my desire to speak on this Bill because I thought there was no scope for any controversy over it. I am very glad that the hon. Speaker who presided before gave the ruling that matters that have happened outside this House have no proper place in the discussion on the Bill now before the House. I wish, however,