504 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Shri Chandrika Ram : It is not a new thing that I have brought forward here. In the Ministry of Education, the Government of india have already accepted this list and on the ground of this list, all these people are getting scholarships. What is the harm if the Government accepts…..
Dr. Ambedkar: It cannot be done in this Bill.
Mr. Chairman: We have already adopted clause 2; Clause
2 gives representation only to certain States. Those States are not included in this amendment. I do not see how this amendment could be moved. Therefore, I rule it out of order.
The question is:
“ That clause 3, as amended stand part of the Bill”.
The motion was adopted.
Clause 3, as amended, was added to the Bill.
Clause 1, was added to the Bill.
The title and the Enacting Formula were added to the Bill.
Dr. Ambedkar: I beg to move:
“ That the Bill, as amended, he passed. ”
Mr. Chairman : Motion moved :
“ That the Bill, as amended, be passed.”
Ch. Ranbir Singh (Punjab) : ( English translation of the Hindi Speech ) Sir, I must thank Hon. Dr. Ambedkar for providing representation for the backward classes of Delhi and other areas. But I wish to submit all the same that the problem presented by Delhi is a peculiar one. Delhi has four seats out of which hardly one falls to the lot of the rural areas. If the rural seat is also joined on to an urban seat and bracketed with it, the other seat being a reserved one, this would mean giving away the seat of one backward class to another. I think that as against the clever people of Delhi and the officers and big people living in New Delhi the rural people of Delhi should be included either among the scheduled castes or if the Hon. Minister would not have them as such on the ground that they are not Harijans, they might be included among the scheduled