Constituent Assembly of India Debates

consideration.]*
Mr. President: The effect of the proposition which is now before the House is that
the consideration of the report which has been moved by Mr. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
be adjourned until a particular time which is mentioned in it. Members are now free to
express themselves on that. I would ask members not to go into the merits of the
Report itself at this stage because it is only a question of postponing the consideration
of the Report.
Shri Balkrishna Sharma: For my own information, Sir, I would like to know
whether it is possible for any member to speak for or against particular motion unless
he tries to bring out the salient features of the Report and to say that in view of our
not having completed the Union Constitution we should not proceed with it. That is my
difficulty. Mr. President: I think it is possible for members to confine themselves to the
motion before the House.. If they want to bring any ancillary points from the Report
for arguing their case, I would not object to that, but I would not like the merits of the
Report to be discussed at this stage.
Diwan Chaman Lall (East Punjab: General) : On a point of order, Sir. The motion
before us is the one by Mr. Gopalaswami Ayyangar that the report be taken into
consideration, to which an amendment hag been moved by the Maulana. Are we to
confine ourselves to the terms of the amendment or are we going to discuss the
original motion by Mr. Gopalaswami Ayyangar?
Mr. President: I am taking only the amendment into consideration at the present
moment, so that, when the amendment has been disposed of, we can go into the
Resolution. If we go into the merits now, the discussion may get desultory; therefore I
want to concentrate on the amendment for adjourning the discussion.
Shri Mahavir Tyagi: On a point of order, Sir.
Mr. President: Point of Order on what ?
Shri Mahavir Tyagi: On the amendment which has been moved by Maulana
Hasrat Mohani.
Mr. President: I have already given my ruling on that. The question under
discussion is a motion of adjournment.
Shri Mahavir Tyagi: But, Sir, I rise to ask for your ruling on this question, namely
that I feel that this amendment itself is out of order.
Mr. President: How ?
Shri Mahavir Tyagi: It is simply a negation of the original question before the
House. Therefore, I-submit that this amendment is out of order.
Mr. President : I don't think it is out of order, because it is a motion for
adjourning the discussion of the original motion.
Mr. Himmat Singh R. Maheshwari (Sikkim and Cooch Behar: Group) Sir, I