678 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Shri J. R. Kapoor (Uttar Pradesh) : That will not solve the difficulty, because the candidate may be a voter in a particular constituency, but the constituency is such a wide one that at the particular time that he has to record his vote, he may not be at the particular polling station within the area in which his vote has to be recorded.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: The constituency is there. There are a number of polling stations in a constituency. After all, there may be two or three divisions in a constituency. He will be in some polling station. Is it necessary to provide for all this ?
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava: So that, he may be allowed to vote in any of the polling stations where he happens to be at that time. He may be in the constituency, but not in the particular polling station. The constituency may extend to a whole district. He will be in one polling station. He should be allowed to vote at the polling station where he happens to be at that time.
Dr. Ambedkar: There are two questions to be considered with regard to candidates. One question is that a candidate belongs to another province altogether. His constituency is not in the State in which he stands. That is one question. The other question is this. In a constituency, there are various polling stations. He is residing in the area of a particular polling station, he is supposed to go and vote. That is the logical consequence. Suppose in his daily peregrinations on the election day, he is not anywhere near the particular polling station or the polling booth, but somewhere else.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: The Law Minister may kindly consider whether the words candidate or his agent may not be included in the clause (ee) which he has proposed.
Dr. Ambedkar: I am coming to that. What I suggest is this. As I said, there are two cases which have to be provided for. Prof. Shibban Lal Saksena is providing only for the case of a candidate who is coming from another province. The other case still remains unprovided.