858 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: I may die in ten years time. Now, Sir, these are the three considerations which I thought I should urge before my hon. Friend, the Home Minister, for his consideration. There is still time even in this House, if he likes.
Shri K. S. Hegde : Is it the suggestion that Andhra should have a different tradition altogether ?
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: I am going to suggest that. That is what I am going to tell him, that he has not applied his mind to this subject.
Shri K. S. Hegde : That will be applicable to all the States.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: I have said so.
Shri K. S. Hegde: It is a general proposition.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Wait a minute now, please. Mr. Chairman we are not going to finish our troubles with the creation of the Andhra State. There are plenty of other States which are making a similar demand and I think it is therefore necessary for the Government to find out whether there are any other ways and means whereby we could keep the multi-lingual provinces as they are, and remove the feelings and the lots of blemishes that arise therefrom and only in excusable cases resort to the creation of a linguistic State, I have been devoting a certain amount of attention to this question because I know that this is going to be one of our most crucial questions. Sir, my suggestions are two-fold. Wherever I find a multi-lingual State I would vest the Governor there with certain special powers to protect the minorities in that State. That is one proposition that I would place before the Government for its consideration. I shall presently cite some authority in order that they may not think that this is my imagination. I am going to cite some constitutional precedents. And the second thing that I would like to be done would be that in all such States where there are multi-lingual people you should establish by law committees of members belonging to different linguistic sections which would have the right to hear and the right to ask the Ministry whether they are doing justice to their