The Preamble tote bag

Rajendra Prasad

  1. Mr. President :REPORT ON THE UNION CONSTITUTION-Contd.CLAUSE 4There is no one else who wants to speak on the motion. The Mover may now reply.
  2. Mr. President :REPORT ON THE UNION CONSTITUTION-Contd.CLAUSE 4Then I shall put the amendments to vote. The amendment is: “That in Proviso (b) to Clause 5, the words ‘at an election’ be deleted.”
  3. Mr. President :REPORT ON THE UNION CONSTITUTION-Contd.CLAUSE 4Then there is the amendment moved by Sir N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar. It has been accepted by the Mover, but it has to be accepted by the House.
  4. Mr. President :REPORT ON THE UNION CONSTITUTION-Contd.CLAUSE 4The amendment becomes the substantive clause. Now I put Clause 5, as amended, to the vote of the House.
  5. Mr. President :REPORT ON THE UNION CONSTITUTION-Contd.CLAUSE 4It is now just 1 o’clock. The House stands adjourned till 10 o’clock tomorrow morning.

  1. Mr. President :AMENDMENT OF RULESThe first item of the agenda this morning is a motion by Shri Sri Prakasa.
  2. Mr. President :AMENDMENT OF RULESI think he was referring to paragraph 14 of the Statement because the motion under consideration itself refers to it, and developing his argument. He is…
  3. Mr. President :AMENDMENT OF RULESI was just going to point out that the Resolution as it is drafted has that lacuna also. It does not cover members from Assam other than Sylhet. So I…
  4. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEEWe shall now go on to the consideration of the Report of the Union Constitution Committee. We shall take up Clause 6 of Part IV
  5. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6I take it that the word ‘vacant’ is dropped after the words. “......... or when the office of the President is by reason of his death, resignation or…
  6. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6Mr. Gupte, your amendment is the same as the amendment which has just been moved. Mr. Subramaniam, Mr. Diwakar, Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad, your amendments are…
  7. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6I will take up the amendments in the supplementary list also.
  8. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6I think, Mr. Santhanam, you had better move your amendment at this stage.
  9. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6I think these are all the amendments of which I have notice. I take it that no other member has got any amendment of which he has given notice, Now the…
  10. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6I understand that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is in a position to accept some of the amendments. I am asking him to accept such amendments, as this will cut…
  11. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6I have ruled before this that I cannot compel a member to speak in a particular language and if the member is suffering under that disability, I think he…
  12. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6I am advised by those who are supposed to know these rules of representation that this system is proportional representation can be applied even in case…
  13. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6As I have already said, those who are supposed to know these rules tell me that this system can be applied even when there is only one candidate to be…
  14. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6Yes.
  15. Mr. President :REPORT OF THE UNION CONSTITUTION COMMITTEECLAUSE 6I think we had better leave it at that. Does anybody wish to speak about the amendments or the original clause?