PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 541
Dr. C. D. Pande: Suppose I suggest to a candidate that he should not stand for the Assembly because he has a better chance to be taken up in the Upper House. Does it amount to corrupt practice ? It does as far as I read the provision.
Dr. Ambedkar: It does not come under sub-clause (1). You are offering him better and surer prospects.
Dr. C. D. Pande: Does it not come within this provision ?
Dr. Ambedkar : You can go on doing your manipulations.
Dr. C. D. Pande : They are necessary and we should not be ashamed of them because a party cannot be run without them.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava (Punjab) : I think it would come within the mischief of the clause.
Dr. C. D. Pande: I would very respectfully submit to Dr. Ambedkar that there are situations that have to be met in practical life and you cannot do away with the difficulties you find. We would have left this language as it is had we not the apprehension that in future all the elections will be questioned and in all the elections the basest material of human nature will come out to upset things and the courts and lawyers will conspire to do their best to undo what has been done by the franchise. To my mind, if a man secures the majority votes that is the highest tribunal for the final decision for his being elected.
Dr. Deshmukh: Lawyers will be available to conspire against that also.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: On the other hand, is there no danger of a proper candidate who is liked by the constituency being forced, by illegal gratifications offered, to withdraw his candidature after the nomination is filed ?
Dr. C. D. Pande: But it remains to be decided whether a promise to set up that person for the Upper. Chamber instead of the Assembly amounts to corrupt practice or not.
Hon. Members: No.
Dr. C. D. Pande: These words do not indicate that.