562 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Sardar Hukam Singh: I would request the Hon. Law Minister to consider whether it would not be
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better to have this amendment in the definition of “election”. Sub-clause (d) of clause 2 says :
“ ‘election’ means an election to fill a seat or seats in either House of Parliament or in the House or either House of the Legislature of a State other than the State of Jammu and Kashmir.........”
So far as Jammu and Kashmir are concerned they are there and the Islands of Andaman and Nicobar may also be put in there, so that there will be no necessity of repeating it anywhere else.
* Shri Hussain Imam : The difficulty does not arise because the man has to be an elector in any State not necessarily in the State in which he is standing. Therefore the choice of the President is open and he can nominate a person who is an elector in any constituency in India.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: That would exclude the residents of the Andamans and Nicobars. They cannot be registered as electors in any other place because of the residential qualification.
The Minister of State for Transport and Railways (Shri Santhanam): Does “chosen” include nomination also?
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Yes, both election and nomination.
Shri Sidhva: Cannot we amend the language ? The Government will certainly know who is who in the Andamans and they would suggest the name for nomination.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: A person should be otherwise qualified to be an elector and should have residential qualification.
Dr. Ambedkar: The simplest method is to accept the amendment. As you have pointed out the obstacle arises from sub-clause ( d ). We have no parliamentary constituency in the Andamans and therefore this would create difficulty in the
*P. D., Vol. 11, Part II, 14th May 1951, pp. 8701-02.