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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

813PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES obviously other changes must also be made. I am only explaining to my hon. friend that there is no catch in it at all. Shri T. N. Singh: What about other places. There are also other constituencies in which radical changes appear, at least to me to have been made. For instance, against Banaras it is “Sheopur pargana and Dehat Amanat pargana excluding the Municipality and Cantonment of Banaras”. Again take them (v): “Jalhupur, Sultanipur and Katehar parganas of Banaras tahsil”. Formerly I think it was only Sultanpur and Katehar parganas. You have added one full pargana. I want to know what is the reason for this change. Mr. Deputy Speaker: I will now put it to the House. The question is : That the following modifications b made in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) (Amendment) Order, 1951 laid on the Table on the 20th September 1951, namely: (1) That at page 1, in para. 2 (ii), after the words “but including Mohammadi.” the words “Atwa Piparia,” be inserted. (2) That at page 1, in para. 2 (iii), after the bracket and words “(excluding Mohammadi,” the words “Atwa Piparia.” be inserted. (3) That at page 2, in para. 3 (i), in the Table for the entry (North) cum Chamoli (East)” in column 1, the following entry be substituted ; namely:— “Pauri (South) cum Chamoli (East)” “(iiia) for the entries “Mohammadi (West)” and “Mohammadi (East)” in column 1, and for the entries against them in column 2, the following entries be substituted, namely:— 12 Mohammadi (West) … Mohammadi, Atwa Piparia Magadpur and Pasgawan Parganas of Mohammadi tahsil. Mohammadi (East) … Moh ammadi, tahsil (excluding Mohammadi atwa Pipardia, Magadpur and Pasgawan Parganas. The motion was adopted.

814 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES Mr. Deputy Speaker: The President’s Order relating to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) stands moditied to the extent of the amendment accepted by the House. Pandit Kunzru: May I know whether this is with regard to the U. P. Legislative assembly also or only with regard to the changes in the Parliamentary constituencies ? Dr. Ambedkar: It covers both. Mr. Deputy Speaker: We have done both in respect of the Council constituencies and in respect of the Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies. Now there are no more motions. Pandit Kunzru: Could I put a question to the hon. the Law Minister about one of the Assembly constituencies ? Mr. Deputy Speaker: The matter is over now. Pandit Kunzru: After considering the matter we have said that one constituency should be a two-member constituency. But the U.P. Government have changed that now. Why has that become necessary? Have they found that the proportion of the scheduled caste voters in the constituency as proposed by them will be higher than in the constituency as proposed by the Speaker’s Committee ? Dr. Ambedkar: I have no information that they have made any such change.

815PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (42) BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE Mr. Deputy Speaker: The hon. the Prime Minister will make a statement regarding the work before the House and the holidays. The Prime Minister and the Leader of the House (Shri Jawaharlal Nehru): Tomorrow I believe, has been notified as a holiday in our list of holidays on account of the tenth day of Mohurrum. But I understand that the moon did not behave according to the prescribed date and the tenth day has been calculated to be the day after tomorrow and not tomorrow, and in fact that the Chief Commissioner of Delhi has declared day after tomorrow as a holiday on account of Mohurrum. I would suggest therefore that this house too may observe day after tomorrow, and not tomorrow, as a holiday on account of Mohurrum—that means, sitting tomorrow and not the day after. Shri Kamath (Madhya Pradesh): Will the session end tomorrow ? Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: I cannot say that. Mr. Deputy Speaker: There is so much of work on the order paper. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: Let us meet tomorrow. We do not meet day after tomorrow. But we may have to meet the day after that, possibly on Sunday. Pandit Kunzru (Uttar Pradesh): Why on Sunday ? Why not on Monday ? Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: We can consider that. Why not Sunday and Monday?

816 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES Pandit Kunzru : Our privileges being those of the British House of Commons, and as the British House of Commons does not meet on Sundays, we have every right not to meet on a Sunday. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: The House of Commons, on the other hand, meets on the Mohurrum day. Pandit Kunzru : If the hon. the Leader of the House has the courage to make that suggestion, let us meet on Mohurrum day. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru : I am going to show the courage by asking the Ho use to meet on Sunday. Pandit Kunzru: That is against our privileges. Shri Kamath: May I suggest that instead of meeting on Sunday we might observe Mohurrum festival by meeting and working harder in the service of the nation, just as we did on the occasion of Vinayaka Chaturthi and Anant Chaturdasi ? Mr. Deputy Speaker: We need not have a discussion on this matter. Tomorrow will be a working day. Though the 12th was originally notified as a holiday, Parliament will meet tomorrow. The holiday will be transferred to a day after tomorrow. There is so much of work put down on the order paper, and if the Government wants to continue the work, certainly we can sit on Monday and Tuesday also. So far as Sunday is concerned, normally I am against sitting on Sundays. But we will consider that matter according to the nature of the work, later on. The House will now proceed with the Industries Bill. . Dr. Ambedkar : rose— Mr. Deputy Speaker: The hon. Minister might make his statement in the afternoon. Dr. Ambedkar: After this Bill ?