PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 77
Mr. Speaker: I will tell him what is passing in my mind. I do not propose to hurry up any decision. I have heard the Hon. Law Minister, I have heard his point of view, and if other Members are anxious to address on the purely constitutional aspect of it, without going into the merits, I am prepared to hear them; but that discussion should be of a very short duration. I have not yet made up my mind as to ………
Dr. Tek Chand (Punjab) : Shall we do it today or on some other day? This question raises very important …….
Mr. Speaker: I have not finished. The hon. Member will please let me finish first, and then he will see that I entirely agree with him, and that I am going to do what he wishes to be done. The point I was coming to is this. I am restricting myself only to the facts of the present case, and I want to know whether I have understood the Hon. Law Minister correctly. He has given his views on the wider issues about the scope and there might be, as he says, occasions when the Centre may exercise this power; but am I clear in understanding him this way that, supposing no directions are given by the Centre or no control is exercised, then the present motion would not be in order. Is that his conclusion?
Dr. Ambedkar: That is my view.
Mr. Speaker: The other position I want to get clarified was about the words ‘general control’. He stated that the word ‘general’ means the control extending to the whole administration.
Dr. Ambedkar: And not detailed control, not over day to day administration.
Mr. Speaker: That is what I wanted to be clear about. Subject to the general policy laid down by the Centre, the States will have perfect autonomy.
Dr. Ambedkar: But with the further fact that if the Government of India is satisfied that the directions are not carried out, then the other provisions will come into operation.