542 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. Deputy Speaker: I think these doubts may better be cleared when the clauses are discussed.
- Shri Raj Bahadur: ......This brings me to my point and my minute of dissent that I have appended to the Report of the Select Committee. Yesterday, Dr. Ambedkar pointed out that a clause disqualifying the Rulers or all those persons who get some fixed allowances, salaries and pensions from the Consolidated Fund of India is not necessary at all. He invited our attention to the provisions of articles 102 and 103 and said that in case there is any Member against whom an objection is taken on this score, the remedy lies in appealing to the President. I would request the Hon. Minister to listen to me because he wanted me to give him the justification for asking him to include a clause to that effect.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: The hon. Member invites the attention of the Hon. Minister, particularly about the Princes, how far they hold offices of profit etc. The hon. Member wants to impress his arguments on the Hon. Minister.
Dr. Ambedkar: I am sorry, another hon. Member was asking some questions about this.
Shri J. R, Kapoor: Are all pensioners in India disqualified ?
Shri Raj Bahadur: There are amendments to that effect also.
Therefore, to sum up my objection is that these are a privileged class and they should be ineligible to contest the elections. My objection does not proceed on mere legal or constitutional grounds. It is much more fundamental. I am not at all for a moment afraid of their entering the election contest with any of us in Part B States. So far as we are concerned we should like the common man to rub shoulders with the highest. But the position is that when they come into the election contest we will have to say things......
Mr. Deputy Speaker: If he holds an office of profit under article 102 he is disqualified for being chosen.
*P. D., Vol. 11, Part II, 10th May 1951, p. 8477.