594 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. Ambedkar : It is better to be redundant than to be ambiguous.
Pandit Munishwar Datt Upadhyay : I do not think there would be any ambiguity.
Mr. Chairman : The Hon. Minister does not accept it.
- Pandit Munishwar Datt Upadhyay : Before the existing proviso to sub-clause (2) of clause 31, insert the following new proviso :
“Provided that any person whose name is registered in the electoral roll of the Constituency can subscribe as proposer or seconder on more than one nomination paper for the same candidate.”
That point has not been provided for. It may be that he has signed one nomination paper. There may be some doubt about the entries. The same person as proposer can file more than one nomination paper in respect of the same candidate. I think that that should be allowed, and has been allowed in all the Election laws wherever they have been made. I think the Hon. Minister will have no objection to accept this.
Dr. Ambedkar : I cannot accept that.
Mr. Chairman : I am not going to put it to the House.
Shri A. C. Guha (West Bengal) : I want a clarification on this point.
Mr. Chairman : The point has been disposed of. The amendment has not been moved.
Shri A. C. Guha : I want a clarification whether it is the intention of the Government that a person cannot sign more than one nomination paper for the same candidate.
Mr. Chairman : The amendment has not been moved and it is not put to the House.
*P. D., Vol. 12, Part II, 19th May 1951, pp. 2128-29