PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 749
Dr. Pattabhi: Then do not quote Article 3.
Dr. Ambedkar: Article 3 has been reported in an incidental manner because it has reference to the readjustment of the boundaries of Assam.
Shri Kamath: Is it clear then, that the matter at issue is cession and not, as the Prime Minister said yesterday, the adjustment of a boundary dispute ?
Dr. Ambedkar: The cession of territory may have been the consequence of a boundary dispute. Where then is the difficulty ?
Shri Kamath: Which is the cause and which is the effect?.........
Dr. Ambedkar: That I do not know. The administrative department will tell you but I cannot see any difficulty there.
Shri R. K. Chaudhuri (Assam) : Would you request the Attorney General to be here, Sir ? We are entitled to hear his views.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: The Attorney General is in Australia. I do not think it is necessary to hear the Attorney General. The House has heard the Law Minister. ( Interruptions ). Order, order. Hon. Members have had ample opportunities to speak. Let others also have the opportunity to speak. Merely because an hon. Member who had the right to speak urged a particular point in favour of a particular proposition, another hon. Member who has already spoken cannot have additional time to speak again. That would be endless.
Shri Shiv Charan Lal (Uttar Pradesh) : May I ask one question by way of.......
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Not now. Dr. Mookerjee.
Dr. S. P. Mookerjee (West Bengal) : While rising to speak on this Bill I would like to state at the beginning that I do not wish to dwell at length on the merits of the Bill. Whether a small tract of territory should be given to Bhutan or not is a question which is not immediately before you. I know that what the Prime Minister said yesterday strengthens the