618 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Mr. Chairman: As a matter of fact, in consequence of amendment No. 102 of Supplementary List No. 1 standing in the name of Shri Jaspat Roy Kapoor having been accepted, a consequential amendment is necessary and it is only for the purpose of having that consequential amendment that an opportunity is being sought to add that amendment afterwards.
Shri J. R. Kapoor: I entirely agree with the Hon. the Law Minister that another proviso will have to be added, in view of the amendment which has already been accepted (Amendment No. 102). but apart from that, Sir, I think that the suggestion contained in the amendment just moved by my hon. friend Shri S. N. Das deserves serious consideration.…. There are two points contained in the amendment of Shri S. N. Das. His first contention is that if a particular candidate dies after scrutiny, but before the commencement of the poll, then the electorate should be given an opportunity for making another nomination in place of the candidate who is dead. This is an accepted principle.
The next question that arises is that why should this principle be confined to cases of candidates who die only after scrutiny ? A candidate may die between the date of nomination and the date of scrutiny.
Dr. Ambedkar: That is not the position.
- Mr. Chairman : What is ‘due nomination’ ? Is it after or before security ?
Dr. Ambedkar: In view of the fact that this clause will come back again to the House for the purpose of considering the proviso to which I have already referred, the whole thing might be held over.
Mr. Chairman: Very well. Clause 51 is held over.
*P.D., Vol. 12, Part II, 21st May 1951, p. 9197.