PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 823
Khwaja Inait Ullah (Bihar) : We have already got a copy in our hands...
Dr. Deshmukh: If an opportunity is proposed to be given...
Mr. Deputy Speaker: I do not know whether any hon. Member can speak on behalf of another Member and I do not know whether Dr. Deshmukh has any authority from Dr. Ambedkar...
Dr. Deshmukh: Not at all.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Though he might have resigned as a Minister he is still a Member of the House. We expect in fairness that when he asked the Deputy Speaker to waive notice and the Deputy Speaker had agreed to waive notice and fixed 6 O’clock for the statement, we expected him to be here and make his representation. It was open to him to make the statement or not, but he is not in his seat at all. The prime Minister wants to make a statement...
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: I wish to read out to the House his letter of resignation because normally a statement by a Minister is related to his letter of resignation.
Dr. Deshmukh: How does it arise, since the statement is not there ?
Mr. Deputy Speaker: It arises this way. We have Ministers introduced to the House when a Minister is appointed under the direction or on the advice of the Prime Minister. It is open to the Prime Minister to read the letter of resignation to the House.
Dr. Deshmukh : It is the privilege of a Member to make a statement. If that is lacking I do not know under what rules you are proposing to act and how the necessity for any other statement arises.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: It is always open to the Chair to allow any statement to be made on behalf of the Government.