494 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Shri J. R. Kapoor : That is what my amendment seeks to provide for.
Dr. Ambedkar : I am coming to that. Therefore, it may be open to contention that article 330, which directs that representation shall be on the basis of population may not apply to Scheduled Castes which do not fall within the definition in clause (24) of article 366. That being so, it is necessary to make a separate provision for that. That is my reply to Mr. Kapoor’s point.
With regard to the point raised by Pandit Munishwar Datt Upadhyay, article 82 is worded in the widest sense. It says:
“Notwithstanding anything in clause (1) of article 81, Parliament may by law provide for the representation in the House of the People of any State specified in Part C of the First Schedule……”.
My submission is this: That this power is so wide that in making provision for the representation in the House of the People of Part C States it is certainly open to Parliament to say that so many seats shall be allotted to the scheduled castes and so many seats shall be general seats. I cannot understand what more he wants by way of specific provision. If in making provision for the representation in the House of the People of any Part C State Parliament decides that there shall be a certain reservation for scheduled castes, then my submission is that it carries with it an implied power also to set out who are the scheduled castes.
Shri J. R. Kapoor: May I say one word?
Mr. Speaker : By way of reply?
Shri J. R. Kapoor: I do not know whether I have a right to reply.
Mr. Speaker: If the hon. Member thinks over the reply given by the Hon. the Law Minister just now, he will perhaps agree not to press his amendment.
Shri J. R. Kapoor : I will make one small submission and then seek your guidance on the subject.
Mr. Speaker : Let me repeat what I have understood, so that he may point out in the submission he makes whether I have committed any mistake in understanding the position.