The Preamble tote bag

Rajendra Prasad

  1. Mr. President :ELECTION OF COMMITTEESCREDENTIALS COMMITTEEAccording to the Rules which we have now adopted, there are certain Committees which have to be elected and I had fixed 2 o’clock as the time by which…
  2. Mr. President :HOUSE COMMITTEEThen the House Committee. Under the Rules, eleven members to be proposed, one for each of the eleven Provinces. These are the names proposed:— Mr.…
  3. Mr. President :FINANCE AND STAFF COMMITTEEThen we come to the Finance and Staff Committee. There are to be nine members but there are ten names proposed. I will read the names: Mr. Satyanarayan…
  4. Mr. President :FINANCE AND STAFF COMMITTEEThe number of nominations being now equal to the number of Members of the Committee, I now declare the nine Members elected. (Cheers).
  5. Mr. President :PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ABOUT REFERENCE TO FEDERAL COURT—THE STATEMENT OF MAY 16 FOR INTERPRETATIONThere is one other matter that I must mention. I said on a previous occasion that we may have to consider the question of referring certain doubts and…
  6. Mr. President :PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ABOUT REFERENCE TO FEDERAL COURT—THE STATEMENT OF MAY 16 FOR INTERPRETATIONThe House will now adjourn till 11 a.m. on the 20th January, 1947.

  1. Mr. President :STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT RE: ALLEGATIONS IN PARLIAMENT ABOUT THE REPRESENTATIVE CHARACTER OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLYBefore we begin, I should like to make two statements in connection with certain matters. In the course of the debates on India in the House of Commons…
  2. Mr. President :STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT RE: THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE CABINET MISSION’S STATEMENT OF MAY 16, 1946, AS PUBLISHED IN INDIA AND THE PRINTED PAMPHLET CIRCULATED TO MEMBERSMembers may recollect that, in the course of the debates in the Constituent Assembly on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Resolution, Mr. Jaipal Singh pointed…
  3. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: STEERING COMMITTEEThe next item on the Agenda is the motion by Shri Satyanarayan Sinha.
  4. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: STEERING COMMITTEEDoes any one want to speak on this motion? .... As nobody wants to speak, I will put the motion to the vote of the House. The motion is: “Resolved that…
  5. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: STEERING COMMITTEEI have to inform Hon’ble Members that nominations for the Steering Committee will be received in the Notice Office up to 5 P.M. today. Elections, if…
  6. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: AIMS AND OBJECTS—contd.We will now take up the discussion of the Resolution moved during the last session by the Hon’ble Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
  7. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: AIMS AND OBJECTS—contd.The meeting now adjourns till 11 a.m. tomorrow.

  1. Mr. President :ELECTION OF THE STEERING COMMITTEEI have to inform the Hon’ble Members that the names of the following thirteen members have been validly proposed for election to the Steering Committee:…
  2. Mr. President :ELECTION OF THE STEERING COMMITTEEAny time before the actual voting commences at 3 p.m. today. Then we shall proceed with the discussion of the Resolution. Mr. Madhava Menon.
  3. Mr. President :ELECTION OF THE STEERING COMMITTEEBefore calling on the next speaker to address the House, I have to announce that Srijut Somnath Lahiri and Sri Lakshminarayan Sahu have withdrawn their…
  4. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: AIMS AND OBJECTS—contd.I do not think he is reading. He has got copious notes. (Laughter).
  5. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: AIMS AND OBJECTS—contd.I do not know. (Laughter)
  6. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: AIMS AND OBJECTS—contd.Of course, anybody can move closure.
  7. Mr. President :RESOLUTION RE: AIMS AND OBJECTS—contd.I understand that the Right Hon’ble Dr. Jayakar wishes to make a statement in regard to his amendment. He may do that now.