PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 501
Sardar Hukam Singh (Punjab) : I beg go move:
In cluase 3, in the proposed Sixth Schedule………..
Dr. Ambedkar: If my hon. Friend moves both his amendments together, I am prepared to accept them, subject to one reservation that these will be numbered alphabetically. Under the heading “Delhi”, he has given the No. 40 and so on and under the heading “ Himachal Pradesh ” he has given the No. 28 and so on. These will have to be renumbered.
Sardar Hukam Singh: I beg to move:
(i) In clause 3, in the proposed Sixth Schedule, under the heading ‘Delhi’ at the end, add new entries:
“40. Kabirpanthi.
- Mazhabi”.
(ii) In cluase 3, in the proposed Sixth Schedule under the heading ‘Himachal Pradesh’, at the end, add new entries:
“28. Banjara.
Bawaria.
Ramdasia.”
Mr. Chairman : Amendment moved:
(i) in clause 3, in the proposed Sixth Schedule, under the heading ‘Delhi’ at the end, add new entries:
“ 40. Kabirpanthi.
- Mazhabi”.
(ii) In clause 3, in the proposed Sixth schedule, under the heading “Himachal Pradesh’, at the end, add new entries:
“ 28. Banjara.
Bawaria.
Ramdasia.”
Shri Sonavane : With reference to the amendments moved by Sardar Hukam Singh, I would like to say that I am very much surprised that Sardar Hukam Singh, who is a Sikh to the core, has come forward to take out some of the Sikhs from the Sikhs proper and put them as scheduled castes. I was very much surprised in the beginning when I learnt that there were some scheduled castes among the Sikhs and then it became clear to me that Dr. Ambedkar was right when he did not embrace Sikhism. Besides that, when we hear a lot of