PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 751
Dr. S. P. Mookerjee : So far as Shri Bhim Rao Ambedkar is concerned who can frighten him ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I dont’t like these reflections. You have made the statement. I know, I am not here to challenge it but I would......
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Should the hon. Members exchange words like this ?
Dr. Ambedkar: No, Sir, it is going too far. It is deliberately saying that I have misquoted and misrepresented.
Dr. S. P. Mookerjee: I have not said that.
Dr. Ambedkar: I have been eager enough to allow my friend, Mr. Kamath to have the reference to the book and the pages. I do not like these things. I am treating you with great respect—if you won’t do it then I shall descend to your own level.
Dr. S. P. Mookerjee : You have descended to your own level.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Both are highly respected Members of Parliament. It was not necessary for the hon. Member to say those things about the last version. The Law Minister may have given his opinion but the hon. member has always got the opportunity of reading the relevant judgment himself. All that I can say is that as far as possible, consistent with their own position in the House, and the position of the House itself, they should meet argument by argument. That is my appeal to hon. Members.
Dr. S. P. Mookerjee : I had no desire to wound anybody’s feelings. I said I hesitate to accept the hasty recommendations of the Law Minister.
Dr. Ambedkar: There are no recommendations. I said these are the judgments—I quoted the pages.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Hon. Members are aware that from the same book different persons can interpret differently, and therefore, it was open to the hon. Member, Dr. Mookerjee to read it differently.