474 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
suggest amendments, to omit or add to the castes and tribes enumerated in the President’s order—that being so. I do not see any propriety for this Bill at all. All that it seeks to do could be done by an order of the President specifying the castes and tribes and by placing the order of the President before the House and then following the same procedure as in the case of the Part A and B States. I hope the hon. the Law Minister will look into this matter and convince us that the Bill is really necessary.
Capt. A. P. Singh : ( English translation of the Hindi speech ) Sir, I am not opposed to the object of the Bill, namely, making a provision for representation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. As for the many points that have been raised here, I will only say that I agree with the views of hon. Dr. Ambedkar. He himself says that Articles 341 and 342 apply in relation to Part A and Part B States only and that Articles 330 and 332 are also for Part A and Part B States. Then again, he has said that there is no specific provision of affording representation to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Part C States. He admits this thing in the Statement of Objects and Reasons. Now, he finds that because it is necessary to reserve seats for these people, they must therefore be given representation by enacting legislation in the Parliament, that is to say he wants special powers for the Parliament to do it. That is the object for which he has brought this Bill before the House.
In this connection, my submission is that he himself was a Member of the Constituent Assembly when the Constitution was being framed. If we wish to find out the reasons why no provision was made for the Part C States, we must examine the spirit of the Constitution as to why the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Part C States were not given any representation. There must be some definite reasons for that. As far as I could make out, the entire population of Part C States were treated as Harijans for the reason that they have all been regarded as backward people. This right or reservation of seats is given to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes