750 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
case of Government and perhaps there may be special reasons why the proposal which Government has made should be implemented. But I take the strongest objection to the extraordinary procedure which is being followed for implementing the wishes of the Government and it took my breath away when I heard the defence of the Law Minister. Of course he said that he was the author of the Constitution—not the sole author......
Dr. Ambedkar: I did not say I was the author but I was one......
Dr. S. P. Mookerjee: He had the largest part to play in the framing of the Constitution. That being so one would have expected that he should have been the first person to defend the sacredness or sanctity of the Constitution. I could have understood a speech like the Law Minister’s from any other Member, even the Home Minister. But so far as the Law Minister is concerned he should have explained very clearly what the implications of the proposal were.
The Law Minister referred to certain judgments passed by the Supreme Court of America. After my experience last time while we were discussing the Constitution (Amendment) . Bill, I hesitate to accept the hasty recommendations of the Law Minister unless I can verify......
Dr. Ambedkar: I must protect against this kind of a thing. If my friend is going to challenge a statement that I made then I shall reserve to myself the right to challenge whatever he has stated. I must make it very clear.
Dr. S. P. Mookerjee: The Law Minister is protesting too much.
Dr. Ambedkar : It is not protesting too much, but I heard you said something the other day when I was not present.
Dr. S. P. Mookerjee: You were here, but when I was speaking you had run away.
Dr. Ambedkar: You are not such a formidable man as to make me run away.