718 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. Ambedkar: They are included.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava: By a stretch of the language you may include Deputy Ministers but what will happen to Parliamentary Secretaries ?
An Hon. Member: They are honorary.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava: I was an honorary Adviser; just as in my case one rupee a year appeared, in their case also it will happen. What I say is that if you want to take full advantage of knowledge or experience you should include a list of those offices holding of which does not disqualify a Member of Parliament. Supposing a Member having a special knowledge of some subject is appointed on a committee but if that office is not declared under this Bill then he will not be justified in accepting it. As between him and his services on the one side and this disqualification on the other, the country will be deprived of his services. Therefore we will be well advised in holding up this Bill, or at least in accepting some amendments grounded on these reasons which I am submitting. Otherwise it will mean that these five categories are exempted and the rest of us will again have to go to Dr. Ambedkar ...............
Dr. Ambedkar: I have no ill-will.
Shri Sidhva: He is generous.
Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava: I know it is not the Law Ministry which has initiated this measure, but I congratulate them for the manner in which they discharge their duties because they agree that so far as these persons are concerned they should be helped. But does Dr. Ambedkar mean to say that every time there is a case like this we should go to them and ask them for a favour ? So, while congratulating him for his Bill, I want him to include a further provision in the Bill that if such-and-such a principle is applied the disqualification will not apply. I would therefore respctfully request him, so far as Article 102 is concerned, to bring forward a good measure in which the various offices of profit are defined, at least to the extent that such-and-such offices will not disqualify the holder, and also saying that if the emoluments