Rajendra Prasad

  1. Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPI am afraid that is not possible. The words— “Further provisions governing Indian citizenship may be made by the law of the Union.” would not improve…
  2. Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPI do not think it would be right at this stage to allow any member to speak on this clause. There is a suggestion which seems to come from many members…
  3. Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPI will particularly request lawyers and jurists who are members of this House to give their attention to this clause and to give us something which will…
  4. Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPThis is a purely legal matter and, therefore, I should like to leave it to the lawyers to give us a draft.
  5. Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPIt is not as if I alone am not convinced about it but a great part of the House is doubtful about this. So there is no use discussing with me alone; even…
  6. Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPIf it is left to me I will ask the lawyers to go into it.
  7. Mr. President :CLAUSE 3—CITIZENSHIPI do not exclude lawyers from the category of people with common sense.
  8. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYWe have received notice of a number of other amendments to this clause.
  9. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYHave you moved both the amendments?
  10. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYThere is another amendment in the name of Shri P. Kakkan. But that is covered by the amendments that have already been moved by Mr. Govinda Doss and Mr.…
  11. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYHave you a new clause to be added, or is it an amendment to clause 4?
  12. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYYou can take it up with clause 6. Now all the amendments of which notice was given have been moved. Therefore, the motion as well as the amendments are…
  13. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYI would request the mover to give his reply now.
  14. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYMr. Deshmukh has suggested that it would be sufficient if you put one clause as follows: “The State shall not make or permit any discrimination merely on…
  15. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYNow, I will put the amendments one by one. The first amendment of Mr. Munshi is: “For the words, ‘the State shall make no discrimination’, the words ‘the…
  16. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYThe question is that above amendment be adopted.
  17. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYThe second amendment is: “In sub-clause (2) (a) of clause 4, after the word ‘hotels’, add the words ‘and places of public entertainment’.”
  18. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYThe amendment: “In sub-clause (2) (a) of clause 4, omit the word ‘and’ before hotels and add the words ‘and places of public entertainment’ after the…
  19. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYThe next amendment is in sub-clause (2) (b) of clause 4, for the words ‘public funds’ substitute the words ‘State funds.’
  20. Mr. President :CLAUSE 4—RIGHTS OF EQUALITYThe question is: “In sub-clause (2) (b) of clause 4 for the words ‘public funds’ substitute the words ‘State funds’.”