PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 547
*Shri Venkataraman: ......A party cannot go and do propaganda saying, “Vote for Congress, vote for Liberal Party or vote for Labour Party”, without stating who is standing as a candidate of the party concerned. But the moment that information is given it becomes an illegal practice. Even if there is a precedent the time has come when it should be changed.
Prof. Ranga (Madras) : What is the position in England ?
Dr. Ambedkar: It is the same as in the Bill—there is no departure.
Shri Venkataraman: Again in sub-clause ( 3 ) of clause
124 you have said that the issuing of any circular, placard or poster having a reference to the election which does not bear on its face the name and address of the printer and publisher thereof, will become an illegal practice. The easiest thing for an opponent to do is to issue a circular on behalf of his opponent, without the name of the printing press and this man would be disqualified.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Unless the candidate is a party to it he will not be disqualified.
* Prof. Ranga: ...... So far as the Chairmanship of the Tribunal is concerned I would like to suggest that to think of making a district judge the Chairman is really not reasonable. No one enjoying a lower status than that of a High Court Judge should ever be appointed as the Chairman of the Tribunal.
Dr. Ambedkar: You cannot get so many High Court Judges.
Prof. Ranga: You do not have so many Tribunals either.
Dr. Ambedkar: You do not know how many petitions there will be.
*P. D., Vol. 11, Part II, 11th May 1951, p. 8578.
**Ibid., p. 8611.