540 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. C. D. Pande: What I want to make out is that the demarcation between nomination expenses and election expenses has not been observed so far, but it may be done in the future.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Evidently the hon. Member is suggesting that there should be an explanation.
Dr. Ambedkar: All that he is suggesting is that there ought to be no such rule as presenting the election expense return and that a candidate should be able to spend any amount according to his capacity.
Dr. C. D. Pande: I do not wish to restrict the amount, it is a matter of practical difficulty when election returns are filed—whether pre-nomination expenses will be included or not, whether election expenses will be included or not, whether election expenses mean only the expenses incurred after nomination and up to the end of polling. If that is so this is a new meaning given to election expenses. That is what I want to say....
Then I want to suggest one thing and that is about withdrawal. You have said therein that nobody should be asked lawfully to withdraw from standing. So many dummy candidates are set up by parties and they are asked to withdraw. Either you say that this jargon has not got any meaning, or if it has a meaning it must be made clear and there should be no loopholes.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: The language seems to be quite clear.
Dr. Ambedkar: The Select Committee certainly did not find any difficulty in understanding it.
Dr. C. D. Pande : Clause 122 (1)( a ) says “a person to stand or not to stand as, or to withdraw from being, a candidate at an election.”
Mr. Deputy Speaker: The earlier portion ought to be read along with that, namely, “Bribery that is to say, any gift, offer or promise by a candidate with the object of inducing” etc.