830 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. Ambedkar (Bombay) : I only want to make just two observations, with your permission. When I left the chamber, I think I was quite sure that I left the impression upon the House and upon yourself that I would not be prepared to make the statement at six o’clock. I think I made that quite clear. I am not asking for an opportunity now, or saying that I feel injured by the prime Minister having read out the correspondence at six o’clock, knowing full well that I had stated clearly in the morning that I was not going to obey the observations that you had made, that I should make a statement at six o’clock. Whether it was justified on the part of the Prime Minister or not I leave it to you, without first informing me that he was reading out the correspondence. That I leave to you and the Prime Minister, because I know there are other channels open to me of correcting any wrong impression that the correspondence might have made.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: It is always open to the hon. Member to change his mind: but I had fixed six o’clock and six o’clock stands. Therefore I was observing that the hon. Member was not in his seat at six o’clock.
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(Dr. ambedkar’s statement in explanation of his resignation from the Cabinet was distributed to the Press and also to the Members of Parliament which has been included as Annexure I in Part II of Vol. 14 in this Series— Ed. )