692 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
behalf or on behalf of his co-sharers in the village is known as lambardar. I do not know, in what sense exactly this word is inserted here. But if the word lambardar here means a zamindar who is responsible for the payment of landrevenue in Uttar Pradesh or elsewhere, it must be omitted.
Dr. Ambedkar: I would like to say a word about this. I do not quite understand why my friend Pandit Kunzru got into temper over this. He was a Member of the Select Committee. This clause was introduced by the Select Committee. It was a unanimous clause. All the Members of the Committee represented their different States. I can speak with authority, say, for instance, about Bombay or about Madhya Pradesh. I cannot speak with authority with regard to the other States. These names and categories of people were introduced by the Select Committee, by Members from the different States who knew what they were talking about. At any rate I take it that they knew what they were talking about. I did not include it on my own responsibility and I do not know how he charges me with the sort of thing about which he gave an utterance. ( Interruption. ) I have not done it. It was done by the Select Committee. The Punjab Members, the U.P. Members, they were all present and they said that lambardar should be included. I never included the lambardar on my own. But if the view of the House is that the lambardar is in no sense an official, I am quite prepared to omit it. But they must take the responsibility. I cannot take the responsibility. I have not examined the revenue laws of different States to find out if the lambardar is an official or not. If the view of gentlemen here who can speak with authority about their States is that lambardar is not an official. I have no objection to omit it. I have no interest in this.
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: My hon. Colleague has more or less explained the position. We are not wedded to this long list of appellations half of which I have never heard of in my life. These were given by the Select Committee and they were adopted. We are perfectly prepared now or at the third reading