808 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(iv) in item (63) of the Schedule, after the words “Koppedu Kapula Kandriga”, the word “Agaram”, be inserted.
(v) in item (80) of the Schedule, for the words “Kallupatu,” where it occurs for the scond time, the word “Sethupatti” be substituted;
(vi) in item (87) of the Schedule, for the word “Aruppukkottai” the words “Aruppukkottai Municipality “be substituted ;
(vii) in item (93) of the Schedule, for the words and brackets “Devakottai Rural (Eravaseri)” the words and brackets “Devakottai Municipality, Eravaseri (Rural)” be substituted ; and
(viii) in item (95) of the Schedule, for the words and brackets “Kepparpatnam (Manamathurai Panchayat Board)” the words “Kepparpatnam, Manamadurai Panchayat” be substituted.
—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]
Mr. Deputy Speaker: The President’s Amendment Order relating to Madras stands modified to the extent of the amendments accepted by the House.
U TTAR P RADESH (A MENDMENT ) O RDER
Pandit Kunzru (Uttar Pradesh) : It is not enough that an order making changes by the President is laid before the House nor is it enough that my hon. friend Dr. Ambedkar should propose further changes in them. We should like to know why these changes have become necessary…….. The constituencies as demarcated I think gave general satisfaction and we ought to be careful therefore in making changes in them. If my hon. friend the Law Minister tells me the precise reasons why the changes in the case of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies of U.P. have become necessary. It will be possible for us to decide whether we should vote with him or against him, but at present we are just helpless. We do not know what to do.
Dr. Ambedkar: I have no reason to complain against my hon. friend Pandit Hirday Nath Kunzru for raising the point which he has raised, for undoubtedly every one of us should be very careful against permitting any kind of political gerry mandering in the making up of constituencies, and if there was any suspicion that any particular party was manoeuvring to change a constituency which has already been prescribed by the President and approved by the House it is a legitimate