812 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Shri T. N. Singh: Similarly with regard to Kanpur— Farukhabad General Constituencies, the changes proposed do require careful looking into.
After having gone into all these questions in detail. I think it will be unfair to the House if it is not allowed to go into all the various aspects of the question. I would in this connection like to tell the House that under the guidance of our Chairman we went into the question in every detail, we went into the demarcation of every village, every patwari’s circle and devoted a lot of time to it……… But just at present, I find it really very difficult to support the amendment being in the dark and without knowing what it really means.
Dr. Ambedkar: The position is this in regard to the first amendment, namely: That at page 1, in para. 2 (ii), after the words “but including Mohammadi,” the words “Atwa Piparia” be inserted. There is a place which is called Atwa Piparia which is not mentioned in the original order at all. That means the citizens of India who are residing in Atwa Piparia will not be entitled to take part in the election at all, because they do not form part of that particular constituency. In order to rectify this mistake, it has been proposed that this addition should be made. Now when this addition is made certain consequential amendments also have to be made in the other constituencies in order to bring them in line with the rules laid down in our Constitution that every constituency must have a certain number of voting strength and the representation distributed accordingly.
The main amendment there, as I am advised now, is only in regard to this Atwa Paparia. The rest of them are merely consequential. They have no substance except for the fact that they must be made if we accept the first amendment, namely to add “Atwa Piparia”. I think hon. Members will realize that the first amendment is absolutely essential because we cannot omit any particular part from any particular constituency. If we add something to that constituency and that constituency becomes bigger than the constituency contemplated for giving one single member, then