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Alphabetical List of Members (i) Officers of the Lok Sabha (iXI Government of India-Ministers, Minister of State, etc. (x) Members sworn President', Address-Laid on the Table 1-26
Foreign Marriage Bill- ( i) Report of Joint ('(lmmittee 26 (ii) Evidence before Joint ('ommittce 26
Constitution (Twcnty·second Ammcndmcnt\ Bill-
Extension of time for presentation of Report of Joint ('nmmittee 26-27 Revocation of Proclamation in relation to Punjab 27 Obituary References·-
(Shri c.:vI, Annadurai, Shri S. Ramas,,'am~' Naldu and Shri Manikya Lal Verma) 27-4(' Mr. Speaker 27-28 Shrimati Indra Gandhi 28-29 Shri Ranga 29-31 Shri Ata] Dihari Vajpayee 31-34 Shri H. N. Mukerjee 34-35 Shri S. M. Joshi 35-37 Shri P. Ramamurti 37-39 Sbri Surendranath Dwivedy 39--40 Sbri Frank Anthony 40-41 Sbri Prakasb Vir Shastri 41-43 Shri Tenneti Viswanatham 43-44 Sbri M. Mohammad Ismail 44-45 Sbri ADbazhapo 4S-4(' ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS
FOURTH LOK SABHA (i)
'A' Balarama Raju, Shri Dalla (Naraspur). Banerjee, Shri S. M. (Kanpur). Abraham, Shri K. M. (Kottayam). Bansh Narain Singh, Shri (Mirzapur). Achal Singh, Shri (Agra). Barrow, Shri A. E. T. (Nominated-Anglo- Adichan, Shri P. C. (Adoor). Indians). Aga, Syed Ahmad (Baramlllla). Barlla, Shri Bedabrala (Kaliabor). Agadi, Shri S. A. (Koppal). Barua, Shri Hem (Mangaldai). Ahirwar, Shri Nathu Ram (Tikamgarh). Barua, Shri Rajendranalh (Jorhal). Ahmad, Dr. I. (Giridih). Barupal, Shri P. L. (Ganganagar). Ahmed, Shri F. A. (Barpeta). Basi, Shri Sohan Singh (FerOlepur). Ahmed Shri Jahan Uddin (Dhubri). Basu, Shri Jyotirmoy (Diamond Harbour). Amat, Shri Debananda (Sundargarh). Basu, Dr. Maitreyee (DarjeeIing). Amin, Prof. R. K. (Dhandhuka). Basumatari, Shri (Kokrajhar). Amin, Shri Ramchandra (Mehsana). J. Baswant, Shri Sonubhau (Bhiwandi). Anbazhagan, Shri K. (Tiruchengode). Behera, Shri Baidhar (Jaipur). Anbuchezhiyan, Shri N. (Dindigul). Berwa, Shri Onkar Lal (Kota). Anirudhan, Shri K. (Chirayinkil). Besra, Shri Satya Charan (Dumka). Anjanappa, Shri B. (Nellore). Bhadoria, Shri Arjun Singh (Etawah). Ankineedu, Shri Maganti (Gudivada). Bhagaban Das, Shri (Ausgram). Anthony, Shri Frank (Nominated-Anglo- Bhagat, Shri Bali Ram (Shahabad). Indians). Bhagavati, Shri B. (Tapur). Arumugham, Shri R. S. (Tenkasi). Bhakt Darshan, Shri (Garwal). Asghar Hussain, Shri K. M. (A kola). Bhandare Shri R. D. (Bombay Central). Atamdas, Shri (Morena). Bhanu Prakash Singh, Shri (Sidhi). Awadesh Chandra Singh, Shri (Farrukhabad). Bhargava, Shri Bashweshwar Nath (Ajmer). Ayarwal, Shri Ram Singh (Sagar). Bharali, Shri Maharaj Singh (Meerut). Azad, Shri Bhagwat Jha (Bhagalpur). Bhattacharyya, Shri Chapalakanta (Raiganj) Bhon ..le, Maharani Vijayamala RaY_ram 'B' Chhatrapali (Hatkananple). Babu Nalh Singh, Shri (SuflUja). Birla Shri Radha Krishan (Jhunjhunu). Badrudduja, Syed (Murshidabad). Birua, Shri Kolai (Sinabhum). Bajaj Shri Kamalnayan Jamnalal (Wardha). Rist, Shri Jana Bahadur Singh (Almora). Bajpai, Shri Vidya Dhar (Arnethi). Biswu Shri Jitendra Mohao (Bankura). Bakshi GuJam Mohammad, Shri (SriDapr). Bohrs, Shri Onkarlal (Chitlorprh). , (Ii) (
Bose, Shri Amiya Nalh (Arambagh). Dass, Shri C. (Tirupathi). Brahm Perkash, Shri (Outer Delhi). Deb, Shri D. N. (Angul). Brahmanand, Swami (Hamirpur). Deiveekan, Shri M. (Kallakurichi). Brij Bhushan Lal, Shri (Bareilly). Delkar, Shri Sanjibhai Rupjibhai (Dadra Brijendra Singh, Maharaja (Bharalpur), and Nagar Haveli). Brijraj Singh-Kotah, Shri (Jhalawar). Deo, Shri K. P. Singh (Dhenkanal). Burman, Shri Kirit Bikram Deb (Tripura Deo, Shri Pratap Keshari (Kalahandi). East). Deo, Shri Raj Raj Singh (Bolangir). Bula SinKb Shri (Rupar). Deoghar, Shri Narendra Ramchandraji (Nagpur). 'C' Desai, Shri C. C. (Sabarkanta). Desai Shri Dinkar (Kanara). Chakrapani Shri C. K. (Ponnani). Desai, Shri Morarji (Surat). Chanda, Shri Ani! Kumar (Bholpur). Deshmukh, Shri B. D. (Aurangabad). Chanda Shrimati Jyotsna (Cachar). Deshmukh, Shri K. G. (Amravati). Chandra Sekhar Singh, Shri (Jehanabad). Deshmukh, Shri Shivajirao Shankar Rao Chandrika Prasad, Shri (Ballia). (Parbhani). Chatterjee, Shri N. C. (Burdwan). Devendra, Vijay Singh, Shri (Satna). Chatterji, Shri Krishna Kumar (Howrah). Devgun, Shri Hardayal (East Delhi). Chaturvedi, Shri Rohan Lal (Etah). Devinder Singh, Shri (Ludhiana). Chaudhuri, Shri Tridib Kumar (Brchampore). Dhandapani, Shri C. T. (Dharapuram). Chaudhury, Shri Nitiraj Singh (Hoshangabad). Dhillon, Shri Gurdial Singh (Tarantaran). Chauhan, Shri Bharat Singh (Dhar). Dhrangadhra, Shri Sriraj Meghrajji (Surendra- Chavan, Shri D. R. (Karad). nagar). Chavan, Shri Yeshwantrao Balawanlrao Dhuleshwar Meena, Shri (Udaipur). (Satara). Digvijai Nath, Mahant (Gorakhpur). ChiUybabu, Shri C. (Chingleput). Digvijay Narain Singh, Shri (Muzaffarpur). Choudhary, Shri Valmiki (Hajipur). Dinesh Singh, Shri (Pratapgarh). Choudhury, Shri J. K. (Tripura West). Dipa Shri Anirudha (Phulbani). Dixit, Sh"; Ganga Charan (Khandwa). 'D' Durairasu, Shri A. (Perambalur). Dwivedi, Shri Naaeshwar (Machhlishahr). Dalbir Singh, Shri (Sirsa). Dwivedy Shri Surendranath (Kendrapara). Damani, Shri S. R. (Sholapur). Dandeker, Shri Narayan (Jamnagar). 'E' Danse, Shri Shripad Amrit (Bombay Cen- tral South). Ering Shri D. (North East Frontier Tract). Dar, Shri Abdul Ghani (Gurgaon). Esthose, Shri P. P. (Muvattupuzha). Das, Shri Nayan Tara (Jamul). Dasappa, Shri Tulsidas H. (Mysore). of' Dudlowdhury, Shri Benoy Krishna (Cooch Behar). Fernandes, Shri Georae (Bombay South). (iii)
'G' Hem Raj, Shri (Kangra). Himatisinska, Shri Prabhu Dayal (Godda). Gajraj Singh Rao, Shri (Mahendragarh). Gandhi, Shrimati Indira (Rae Barcli). 'I' Ganesh, Shri K. R. (Andaman and Nico- Iqbal Singh, Shri (Fazilka). bar Islands). Ganga Devi, Shrimati (Mohanlalganj). 'J' Ganpat Sahai, Shri (Sultanpur). Galltam, Shri C. D. (Balaghat). Jadhav, Shri TlIlshidas (Baramati). Gavit, Shri Tukaram Hurji (Nandurbar). Jadhav, Shri V. N, (Jalna). Gayatri Devi, Shrimati (Jaipur). Jagsaiah, Shri K. (Ongole). Ghosh, Shri Rimalkanti (Scrampo!"c). Jagji"an Ram Shri (Sasaram), Ghosh, Shri Gancsh (Calcutta SOllth). Jai Singh, Slui (Hoshiarpur), Ghosh, Shri P. K. (Ranchi). Jaipal Singh, Shri (Khllnti), Ghosh, Shri Pari mal (Ghatal). .Iamir, Shri S. C. (Nag.land). Girja Kumari Shrim.ti (Shahd(ll) Jamna Lal, Shri (Tonk),
Girraj Saran Singh, Shri (Mathllra I. .Ianardh.nan, Shri C. (Trichur). Gopalan, Shri A. K. (Kasargod). Jena, Shri Dharoi Dhar (Bhadlak). Goralan, Shri Pattiam (Tcllicherry). .Iha, Shri Bhogcndra (Jain.sar). G(lpal.n. Shrimati Susecla (Ambalapulha). Jha, Shri Shiva Chandra (Madhubani) Gounder, Shri R. Muthu (Tirllppattur). Jharkandc Rai, Shl i (Ghosi). Gmind Das, Dr. (Jaball'lIr!. Jitendra Bahadllr Singh, Shri (Shahbad). G(l\,-d. Shri Y. Gadilingana (KlIrooo)). Jhoshi, Shri Jagannath Rao (Bhopal) Gowda, Shri M. Huehc (Chilkmasalllr). Joshi, Shri S. M. (Poona). Gowder, Shri M. K. Nanja (Nilsiris). Goyal, Shri Shrichand «(,handisarh) 'K' Gudadinni Shri R. K. (Bij.pur). Kabir, Shri Humayun (Basirhat). Guha, Prof. Samar (Contai) Kachwai, Shri Hukam Chand (Ujjain). Gupta, Shri Indrajit (Alipur). Kahandole, Shri Z. M. (Malegaon). Gupta, Shri Kanwar Lal (Delhi Sadar). Kalita, Shri Dhireshwar (Gauhati). Gupta, Shri Lakhan Lal (Raipur). Kamalanathan Shri M. (Krishnagiri) Gupta Shri Ram Krishan (Hissar). Kamaraj, Shri K. (Nagereoil) Kamble, Shri Tulsiram Dasrath (Latur). 'H' Kamcshwar Singh, Shri (Khagaria) Hajarnawis, Shri R. M. (Chimur). Kamla Kumari, Kumari (PaJamau), Halder, Shri Kansari (Mathurapur). Kandappan, Shri S. (Mettur). Hanumanthaiya, Shri K. (Bangalore). Karoor, Shri Lakhan La! (Kishanllllnj), Hari Krishna, Shri (Allahabad). Karan Sin,h, Dr. (Udhampur). Hazarika, Shri JOJinder Nath (Dibrugarh). Kami Singh, Dr. (Bikaner). Heerjibhai, Shri (Banswara). Kasture, Shri Arjun Shripat (Kharnaaon). (Iv)
Katham Shri Birendra Nath (Jalpaiguri) Lobo Prabhu. Shri J. M. (Udipi). Kavade, Shri Bhanudas Ramchandra (Nasik) Lutfal Haque Haji (Janaipur) Kedaria, Shri C. M. (Mandvi). 'M' Kesri, Shri Sitaram (Katihar). Khadilkar, Shri R. K. (Khed). Madhok. Shri Bal Raj (South Delhi). Khan, Shri Ghayoor Ali (Kuirana) Madhukar. Shri Kamla Misra (Kesaria). Khan, Shri H. Ajmal (Perikulam). Mahadeva Prasad. Dr. (Maharajganj) Khan. Sbri Latafat Ali (Muzaffarnagar) Mahadevappa Yashvantappa. Shri Rampur Khan, Shri Mushir Ahamad (Kasganj). (Gulbarga). Khan. Nawabzada Zulfiquar Ali (Rampur). Mahajan. Shri Vikram Chand (Chamba). Khanna. Shri Prem Kishan (Shahjahanpur). Maharaj Singh. Shri (Mainpuri). Kikar Singh, Shri (Bhatinda). Mahate>. Shri Bhajahari (Purulia). Kinder Lall. Shri (Hardoi). Mahida. Shri Narendra§inllh (Anand). Kiruttiuan Shri Thandavar (Sivaganja). Mahishi. Dr. Sarojini (Dharwar North). Kisku. Shri Amiya Kumar (Jhararam) Maiti. Shri Sachindra Nath (Midnapur). Kothari. Shri S. S. (Mandsaur). Majhi. Shri Mahendra (Mayurbhanj). Kotoki, Shri Liladhar (Nowgong). Malhotra. Shri Inder J. (Jammu). Koushik. Shri K. M. (Chanda). Mandai. Shri B. P. (Madhipura). Kripalani, Shri J. B. (Guna). MandaI. Dr. Pashupati (Vishnu pur). Kripalani, Shrimati Sucheta (Gonda) Mandai Shri Yamuna Prasad (Samastipur). Krishna. Shri M. R. (Peddapalli). Mane. Shri Shankarrao Dattaraya Krishna, Shri S. M. (Mandya). (Kolhapur). Krishnamoorthi. Shri V. (Cuddalore) Mangalathumadam. Shri G. P. (Mavo. !ikara). Krishnan. Shri G. Y. (Kolar). Manoharan. Shri K. (Madras North). Krishnappa. Shri M. V. (Hoskote) Maran. Shri Murasoli (Madras Kuchelar. Shri G. (Vellore). South). Kundu. Shri Samarendra (Balasore). Marandi. Shri Ishwar (Rajmahal). Kunte, Shri D. K. (Kolaba). Masani. Shri M. R. (Rajkot). Kureel, Shri Baijnath (Ramsanchiahat). Master. Shri Bhola Nath (Alwar) Kushok Bakula. Shri (Ladakh). Masuriya Din, Shri (Chail). Kuahwah, Shri Yashwant Sinah (Bhind). Mayavan. Shri V. (Chidambaram). Meena. Shri Meetha Lal (Sawai 'L' Madhopur). Meahachandra. Shri M. (Inner Manl- LakkapPl, Shri K. (TullllUr). pur). Lakabmlkantbamma. Shrlmati T. (Khammam). Mehta, Shri AlOka (Bhandara). Lalit Sea, Shri (Mllldi). Mehta, Shri Pruannbhai (BbaVDipr). Laakar, Shri Nihar Ranjan (JCarimaan.i). Melkote, Dr. O. S. (Hydenbad). LumI Bal, Sbrlmati Sanpm (MedU). Menon, Shri P. OoviDcIa (Muk1mcla- Uraaye, Shri Madhu (Monabyr). punm). (v)
Menon. Shri V. Viswanalha (Erna- Naidu, Shri N. P. Chenaa!raya (Chilloor). kulam). Naik, Shri Guru Charan (Keonjhar) Minimala Agam Dass Guru, Shrimali Naik, Shri Raja Venkatappa (Raichur). (JanjiPr) Nair, Sllli N. Sreekanlan (Quilon). Mirza, Shri Bakar Ali (Secunderabad). Nair, Shri P. K. Vasudevan (Peermade) Mishra, Shri Bibhuli (Molihari). Nambiar, Shri K. Ananda (Tiruchira- Mishra, Shri G. S. (Chhindwara). palli). Misra, Shri Janeshwar (Phulpur) Nanda, Shri Gulzari Lal (Kailhal). Misra, Shri Srinibas (Cullack). Narayanan, Shri (Pollachi). Modak, Shri Bijoy (Hooghly). Nalh Pai, Shri (Rajapur). Mody, Shri Pi!OD (Godhra). Nayanar, Shri E. K. (Palllhal).
Mohammed Imam, Shri J. C. (Chitra- Nayar, SI"i K. K. (Bahraich). durga). Nayar, Shrimati Shakunlala (Kaisarpnj). Mohammed hOlai!, Shri (Barrack· Nayar, Dr. Sushila (Jhansi). pore). Nih.! Singh, Shri (Chandauli). Mohanm1ad Yusuf, Shri (Siwan). Nirlcp Kaur, Sardarni (Sanerur). Mohan Swarup, Shri (Pilibhit). Mohinder Kaur, Shrimali (Palia!a). '0' Moh.in, Shri Fakruddin lIuseinsab (Dharwar Soulh). Oberoi, Shri M. S. (Hazariballh). Molahu Prasad, Shri (Bansgaon). Onkar Singh, Shri (Budaun). Mondal, Shri Jugol (Uluberia). Oraon, Shri Karlik (lohardlllls). Mrilyunjay Prasad, Shri (Maharaj- ganj). 'P'
Muhammad Ismail, Shei M. (Manjeri) Padmavali Devi, Shrimati (Rajnandpon). Muhanill1ed Sheriff, Shri (Raman a- Pahadia, Shei 1agannath (Hindaun). thapuran1). I'akhoudhuri, Shrimati 1Ia (Krishnaear). Mukerjee, Shei H. N. (Cakulla Norlh Pandey, Shri Kashi Nath (Padrauoa). Easl). Pandey, Shei Sarjoo (Ghazipur). Mulr.crjee, Sheirnali Sharda (Ralna- Pandey, Shri Vishwa Nath (Salempur). giri). Paniaral1i, Shri Chintarnani (Bhubaneswar). Mukne, Shei Yesbwantrso Martandrao Panl, Shei Krishna Chandra (Nainital). (Dahanu). Paokai Haokip, Shei (OUler Manipur) Mulla, Shri Anand Narain (lucknow). Parmar, Shei Bhaljibbai Ravjibbai Murthy, Shri B. S. (AmaJapuran1). (Dohad). Murti, Shri M. S. (AnakapaUi). Parmar, Shri Dabyabhai (Patan), Muthusami, Shri C. (Karur). Para lap Sineh, Shri (Simla). Parlluuarthy, Sbri P. C. (Rajampel). 'N' Paswan, Shri Kedar (RolICI'8). NqImoor, M. N. Sbri (Belpum). Patel, Sbri Baburao (SluIJapur). Nahata, Sbri Amril (Barmer). Patel, Sbri 1. H. (Shimop). ; (vi)
Patel, Shri Manibhai Jhaverbhai (Damoh). Ramamurti, Shri P. (Madurai). Patel, Shri Manubhai (Dabhoi). Ramani, Shei K. (Coimbatore). Patel, Shri Nanubhai N. (Bulsar). Ramji Ram, Shri (Akbarpur) Patel, Shri Pashabhai Chhotabhai (Baroda). Ram Shekhar Prasad Singh, Shri (Chapra). Patil, Shri Anantrao (Ahm.dnagar). Rana, Shri M. B. (Broach). Patil, Shri Chudaman Ananda (Dhlllia). Randhir Singh, Ch. (Rohlak). Patil, Shri Ocorao Sheoram (Y.olmal). Rane. Shri S. R. (Buldana). Pat ii, Shri Nana Romchandra (Bhir). Ranga, Shri S. R. (Buldana).
Patil, Shri S. B. (Bagalkot). Ranga, Shri N. G. ~Srikakulam). Patil, Shri Sadashiv Daji (Sangli). Ranjcet Singh, Ma.ior (Khalilabad). Patil, Shei Tulsieam Abaji (Osmanabad). Rao, Shri J. B. Muthyal (Nagarkurnool). Patodia, Shei Deoki Nandan (Jaloee). Rao, She; J. Ramapathi (Karimnagar). Poonacha, Shri C. M. (Mangaloee). Rao, Shri L. Rameshwal' (Mahbubnagar). Pradhani, Shri Khagapathi (Noweangpur). Rao, Shr; Jaganath (Chall'apur). Pramanik, Shri Jatindra Nath (Balurghat). Rao, Dr. K. L. (V;jayawada). Prasad, Shri Y. Ankinecdll (Machilipatnam). Rao, Shri Karri Narayana (Bobbili). Puri, Dr. Surya Prakash (Nawada). Rao, Shri Thil'umala (Kakinada). Rao, Dr. V. K. R. V. (BeUary). 'Q' Rao, Shri Viswasrai Narasimha (Pal- Qureshi, Shri Mohammad Shaft vathipueam). (Anantnag). Raut, Shri Bhola (Bagaha), Ray, Shri Rabi (Puri). 'R' Reddi, Shl'i G. S. (Mieyalguda).
Radhabai, Shrimati B. (Bhadrachalam). Reddy, Shri M. N. (Nizamabad). Rallhu Ramaiah, Shri Kotha (Guntur). Reddy, Shri Neelam Sanjiva (Hindupue). Raj Oco Singh, Shei (Jaunpur) Reddy, Shri P. Antony (Anantapur). Rlliaram, Shri K. (Salem). Reddy, Shri P. Ganga (Adilabad). Rlliasekharan, Shri M. V. (Kanakapur). Reddy Shrimati Sudha V. (Madhugiri) Rlliani Devi, Shrimati (Raigarh). Reddy, Shri R. Sur.ndar (Warangal). Rlliu, Dr. D. S. (Rajahmundry). Reddy, Shri R. Dasaratha Rama (Kavali). Rlliya Lakshmi, Shrimati Lalita (Dhanbad). Reddy, Shri Y. Eswara (Cuddapah). Ram Charan, Shri (Khurja). Rohatgi, Shrimati Sushila (Bilhaur). Ram Dban, Shri (Lallanj) Roy, Shr; Bishwanath (Ocoria). Ram Dhani Das, Shri (Gaya) Roy, Shri Chittaranjan (Joynagar). Ram Sewak Chaudhri (Jalaun). Roy, Shrimati Uma (Maida).
Ram Subhaa Sinsh, Dr. (Buxar). 'S' Ram Swarup, Shri (Rohertspnj). Ram, Shri TuIamohan (Araria). Saboo, Shri S. G. (Sikar). Ramabadran, Shei T. D. (Tindivanam). Sadhu RanI, Shri (Phillaur). Ramamoorthy. Shri S. P. (Sivakasi). Saba, Dr. Sisi, Kumar (Blrbhum). (vii)
Saigal, Shri A. S. (Bilaspur). Shambhu Nalh, Shri (Saidpur), Sail, Shri Ebrahim Sulaiman (Kozhikode). Shankaranand, Shri B. (Chikodi). Saleem, Shri Mohammad Yunus (Nal- Shorda Nand, Shri (Sitapur). gonda). Sharma, Shri Beni Shankar (Banka). Salve, Shri Narendra Kumar P. (BeIUI). Sharma. Shri Diwan Chand (Gurdaspur). Samanla, Shri Salis Chandra (Tamluk). Sharma, Shri Madhoram (Karnal). Sambandhan, Shri S. K. (Tirullani). Sharma, Shri Narain Swaroop (Doma- Sambasivam. Shri V. (Nagapallinam). rioganj). Sambhali, Maulana Ishaq (Amroha). Sharma, Shri Naval Kishore (Dausa). Saminathan, Shri P. A. (Gobichelli- Sharma, Shri Ram Awlar (Gwalior). palayam). Sharma, Shri Shiv (Vidisha). Sanghi, Shri N. K. (Jodhpur). Sharma, Shri Yajna Dall (Amrilsar). Sankata Prasad, Dr. (Misrikhl. Sharma, Shri Y ogendra (Begusarai). Sant Bux Singh, Shri (Fatchpur). Shashi Bhushan, Shri (Khargone).
Santosham. Dr. M. (Tiruchendur). ~ hashi Ranjan Shri (Pupri). Sapre, Shrimati Tara (Bombay North East). Shastri, Shri Biswa Narayan (Lakhimpur). Sarma Shri Ananta Tripathi (Bhanjnagar). Shastri, Shri Prakash Vir (Hapur). Satya Narain Singh, Shri (Varanasi). Shastri, Shri Raghvir Singh (Baghpat). Savitri Shyam. Shrimati (Aonla). Shaslli, Shri Rama Avtar (Paino). Sayeed, Shri P. M. (Laccadive, Minicoyand Shaslri, Shri Ramanand (Bijnor). Amindivi Islands). Shastri, Shri Sheopujan (Bikrampnj). Sayyadali Samadali. Shri (Jalgaon). Shaslri, Shri Shiv Kumar (Aligarh). Sen, Shri Ashoke Kumar (Calcutta North Sheo Narain, Shri (Basti). West). Sher Singh, Prof. (Jhajjar). Sen, Shri Deven (Asansol). Sheth, Shri Tulsidas Muljibhai (Kutch). Sen, Shri Dwaipayan (Katwa). Shindc. Shri Annasahib P. (Koparpon). Sen, Shri Phani Gopal (Purnea). Shillkre, Shri Janardan Jagannath (Panjim). Sen, Dr. Ranen (Barasat). Shiv Chandra Prasad, Shri (Jamshedpur). Sequerai, Shri Erasmo de (Marmagoa). Shiv Charan Lal, Shri (Firozabad). Sethi, Shri Prakash Chandra ([ndore). Shivappa, Shri Nuggeshally (Hassan). Sethuraman, Shri N. (Pondicherry). Shukla Shri 5hambhu Nath (Rewa). Sezhiyan, Shri Era (Kumbakonam). Shukla, Shri Vidya Charan (Mahasamund). Shah, Shrimati Jayaben (Amreli). Siddayya, Shri S. M. (Chamarajanapr). Shah, Maharaja Manabendra (fehri- Siddheshwar Prasad,~Shri (Nalanda). Garhwal). Sinha, Shri Mudrika (Auranpbad). Shah, Shri Shantilal (Bombay North We.t). Sinha, Shri Ram Krishna (Faizabad). Shah, Shri Trilokshah Lal Priendra (Kanker). Sinha, Shri Satya Narayan (Darbhanp). Shah, Shri Vinendra Kumar J. (Junapdh). Sinha, Shrimati Tarkeshwari (Barh). Shalwale, Shri Ram Gopal (Chandni Sivasankaran, Shri P. (Sriperumbudur). Chowk). Snatak, Shri Nar Deo (Hathras). : (viii)
Solanki, Shri Pravinsinabji Natavarsinhji Tula Ram, Shri, (Ghatampur). (Kaira). Tyagi, Shri Om Prakash (Moradabad). Solanki, Shri Somchandbhai Manubhai (Gandbinag::r). 'V'
Somani, Sbri Nand Kumur (Nagaur). Vikey, Shri M. G. (Mandla). Somasundaram, Shri S. D. (Thanjavur). Vlaka, Shri Ramchandra (Koraput). Sonar, Dr. Amrit Ganpat (Ramtek). Vmanath, Shri R. (Pudukkottai). Sonavane, Shri Tayappa Hari (Pan· dharpur}. 'V'
Sondhi, Shri M. L. (New Delhi). Vajpayec, Shri Atal Bihari (Balrampur). Sreedharan, Shri Aranail (Badagara). Veerappa, Shri Ramchandra (BiOO). Subravelu, Shri K. (Mayuram). Venkatasubbaiah, Shri P. (Nandyal). Sudarshanam, Shri Maddi (Narsaraopet). Venkatswamy, Shri G. (Siddipet). Sundar Lal, Shri Jhadu (Bastar). Verma, Shri Balgovind (Khcri). Sundar Lal, Shri (Saharanpur). Verma, Shri Prem Chand (Hamirpur). Supakar, Shri Sradhakar (Sambalpur). Vidyarthi, Shri R. S. (Karol Bagh). Suraj Bhan, Shri (Ambala). Vijaya Raje, Shrimati (Chatra). Surendra Pal Singh, Shri (Bulandshahr). Virbhadra Singh, Sh!'i (Mahasu). Sursinah, Shri (Jhabua). Viswambharan. Shri P. (Trivandruml. Suryanarayana, Shri Kommareddi (Elu!"u). Viswanatham, Shri Tenneti (Visakhapatnam). Swaran Singh, Shri (Jullundur). Viswanatham, Shri G. (Wandiwash). Swell, Shri G. G. (Autonomous District'). Vyas, Shri Ramesh Chandra (Bhilwara).
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Tamaskar, Shri V. Y. (Durg). Xavier, Shri S. (Tirunelveli).
Tapuriah, Shri Surcndra Kumar (Pal i).
Tarodekar, Shri Vcnkatrao Babara 0 (Nanded). Yadab, Shri Narendra Prasad (Sitamarhi). Thakur, Shri Gunanand (Saharsa). Yadav, Shri Chandraject (Azamprh). Thakur, Shri P. R. (Nabadwip). Yadav, Shri Jageshwar (Banda). Tiwary, Pandit D. N. (Gopalp.nj). Yadav, Shri Ram Sewak (Barabanki). Tiwary, Shei Kamal Nath (Bettiah). Yajnik, Shri Indulal (Ahmedabad). Tripatbi, Sbri Krishna Dco (Vnnao). Yasbpal Singh, Sbri (Debra Dun). lOK SABHA
The Spoakn
Shri N. Sanji\·a Reddy
Th. Deputy Speaku
Shri R. K. Khadilkar
Panel of Chairmen
Shri M. Thirumala Rao Shrimali Tarkeshwari Sinha Shri R. D. Bhandare Shri Gadiliopna Gowd Shri P. K. Vasudevan Nair Shri Hem Barua
Sure/DrY
Shri S. l. Shakdhcr
(i&) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Members of the Cabinet
The Prime Minister, Minister of Atomic The Minister of Slate in the Ministry of Energy and Minister of Planning--Shri Education and Youth Services-Shri mati Indira Gandhi. Bhakl Darshan. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance-Shri Morarji Desai. Health and Family Planning and Works, Housing and Urban Development-Dr. The Minister of Industrial Development, S. Chandrasekhar. Internal Trade and Company Affairs-· Shri F. A. Ahmed. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and Mines and The Minister of Foreign Trade and Supply- Metals-Shri R. Chavan. Shri B. R. Bhagat. D. The Minister of State in the Ministry of The Minister of Home Affairs-Shri Y. B. Railways-Shri Parimal Ghosh. Chavon. The Minister of State in the Ministry of The Minister of External An'nirs-Shri Oinesh Law and in the Department of Social Singh. Welfare-Dr. (Shrimoti) Phulrenu Guha. The Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation The Minister of State in the Ministry of Shri Hathi. Information and Broadcasting, and The Min;'ter of Food and Agriculture-Shri in the Department of Communications lagjiwan Ram. Shri I. K. GujraL The Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviotion The Minister of State in the Ministry of Dr. Karan Singh. Food, Agriculture, Community Develop The Minister of Law and Social Welfare- ment and Cooperation-Shri M. S. Shri Govinda Menon. Gurupadaswamy. The Minister of Steel and Heavy [nllinecr The Minisler of State in the Ministry of ing-Shri C. M. Poona.hu. Defencc--Shri L. N. Mishra. The Minister of State in the Ministry uf The Minister of Railways-- Dr. Ram Subhag Health and Family Plannings and Works, Singh. Housing and Urban Development-Shri The Minister of Education and Youth B. S. Murthy. Services-Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao. The Minister of State in the Ministry of The Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals and Steel and Heavy Engineering-Shri K. C. Mines and Metals-Dr. Triguna Sen. Pant. The Minister of Health and Family Planninll, The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, and and Works, Housing and Urban Develop Shipping and Transport-Shri Rqhu ment-Shri K. K. Shah. Ramaiah. The Minister of Information and Broadcas The Minister of State in the Ministry of tina, and Communications-Shri Satya Petroleum and Chemicals and Mines and Narayan Sinha. Metals-Shri lapnath Rao. The Minister of nefence-Shri Swaran The Minister of Irription and Power Slnah. Dr. K. L. Rao. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Ind ustrial Development, Internal Trade and Company AfTaiB-Shri RqIIunatha Reddy. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation The Minister of State in the Ministry of Fin Shri Bh.. ",at lha And. ance-Shri P. C. SethI. The Minister of State in the Ministry of The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation in the Department of Communications -Shri S.c. Jamir. Shri Sher Singh. The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of The Minister of State in the Ministry of Defencc-Shri M. R. Krishna. Food, Agriculture, Community Develop The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of ment and Cooperation-Shri Annasaheb Tourism Civil Aviation-Dr. Sarojini Shinde. & Mahishi. The Minister of State in the Ministry of The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs-Shri VidYIl Charan Finance-Shri Jagannath Pahadia. Shukla. The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Depuly Mi//islers Steel and Heavy Engineering-Shri Mohd. Shafi Qureshi. The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth Services-Shri Foreign Trade and Supply-Shri Bhakt Darshan. Chowdhary Ram Sewak. The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Industrial Development, Internal Trade Home Affairs-Shri K. S. Ramaswamy. and Company Affairs-Shri Bhanu The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Law Prakash Singh. and in the Department of Social Welfare-Shri Muthyal Rao. The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Railways-Shri R. L. Chaturvedi. The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Law and in t he Department of Social Food, Agriculture, Community Develop Welfare-Shri M. Yunus Saleem. ment and Cooperation-Shri D. Ering. The Deputy Minister-Shrimati Nandini Satpathy. The Deputy Minister in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs, and in the Mini The Deputy Mini,tcr in the Ministry of stry of Shipping & Traosport--Shri Iqbal Irrigation and Power-- Shri Siddheshwar Singh. Prasad. The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth Sen'ices-Shrimati External Affairs-Shri Sur.ndra Pal Jahanara Jaipal Singh. Singh. LOK SUIU. DEBATES
FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE FOURTH LOK SABHA
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LOK SABHA 2. ~mt ITI!J"FiQ' ~ ~~r~ if f"g,orr 'l'oi ~fqlf rl"cc ~ ~r ~T ~;r Monday, F~b/'uary 17, 1969/Mugh" lS, ill" "I'h 1890 (Saka). ~"f~ ~~ f,rlf<'f i',') "r~ ~ I ~~ ~ l:fTf~lft il fif"f "fI~"I '1'h !ft~;r ~ "fill' Iff(!;;rr~lft If) ~r, ~ ~ ~if '1''' i',m Th~ Lok Sabha m~1 al Thirly Mi"ute" 'ifTf~t; I '3"fili ~lfFr, ~l1ll1lT, lrl1;rcr, <1'1';r pa.' Tw~/v~ of Ih~ Clock. '1'h: ~~mffi If') ~r MEMBERS SWORN 3. ~rn IR'rf"If !l'lTfcr iii ;ri1T if ;;r) f~I'frt f~t; ~,'1'h: f;;r.~ '1'r~r;;T ~ SMI K. Ka_raJ (NlI&crcoil) f;;m;; Sui Jaoesb"ar Mura (Phulpur) "i','fr;rr ;;rr ~;r.crr ~ I it t-~,)-.~T 1fT SMI Jill Slnllb (Hoshiarpur) SECRETAR Y : Sir, I bell to lay on thc 4. 1967·68 ~.~ 11>"1' ;reTii ~~ iii ~ 1mT ~.r1f1'il" on: ~~ ~<'I'1J "rm mR' it f~ ~ ~ ~ I 1968·69 it 8S ~~~~~ ~ iIi~iIi ~~ ~ ~ifffi;;r1ft.,. on: W~~ "3"1Jf 9 "'~JPpy J,IU~p!.aJJ 6961 'LI AlIVi1l183.:1 ....nppy r.lu~Plf~JJ s ~ lI! ~ ~ ~ ~~LI.IIi 1~~~~~tlII~ ..,~~J&l Auij:@~~~ ~ ~ J.IIeQ. lIUl k4! ~ l..!IIJi.l ~ I. 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VHOVW fS~JPPY f.I"~IS~JJ L 9 FABRVARY 17. 1969 President's Address 10 ~it~rl'l'11"R~'!>TII'~ llil~'fit~{~ ~ 1f( ~ ~ '11fT t I ~~ Rfl it; lIif'lf it ~ lIiI"!iI' If.'l:1~~it~'!>TII'~~ ~ rt t I ''U~' ~ ~ ~it;cT fu'1fT t I ~ fnrfuil 1f( ~mt it '" IIfTImT it ~ ~ ~lIi lIinrtm' ~ f.r.m: fllilfT ~r I ~ fllilfTl11I'T t I ~ ~ ~ fR~ 'Ifm' it tT (f~ fiI;ln' ~T ~ ~ it 'it 21. f~ ~ ff.r ~'l"t ~ it ~Q i.'I'1\ If( ~ ~ !Tit t I ~ 'lfrof it ~~T .mT If.1 ~T ;tl' IIfI f'3R ~ ~rt: ~ ~'IfT,{ Gf'l\' it 1I'~~ If;'{ f~ ~ I '{rt~l1' lIiTl1'l it ~'fT ~I I lI'tif, Gf,.., ;;rTI(f 'fIT it; 'mr m~T it ~(f ~ ~ rn ~1I'm' it; qr~ 1f( flf.it!Tit ~ .~<'f :a-q'~ ~~n: W'If ~~' ~ ~ <'I'lT it; 23. ~lf~~ If,T ~ tflfi f;:Rif<: ~ 1IiTfft ~ ~ fit; q 1966 if ~ qR ~~ ~~fu1 it; IAT~ if ~qfu it; ef'Jf lfiT f;:Rif<: mm: ~~~'iT~ m, ~f~ If"t "fTfIF ~Ifl!' -~ ~ IfWffl ~)r ~~ l1r~'fIl' ~ Members of Parliament, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this joint session ~ f<'f~ ~;ft ~tm: ~ ~tf Baroda are expected to come on stream. inadequate in relation to the capacity avai With the deliCCIIsing of tractor manufacture lable. The crude index of industrial produc in the country, the production of tractors is tion (1960 : 1(0) for the first nine months of expected to be stepped up. Meanwhile, 1968 stood at 159.3 which is 5.6 per cent Government have undertaken to meet the higher than the level recorded during January needs of the farmer by imports. Large-scale September 1967. On the basis of present credit is crucial to the programme. This is t rends, an increase of 5 to 6 per cent in the being provided by the co-operative movement index seems likely during the year. and the commercial banks under the guidance of the Re&eI'Ve Bank. The national objective 9. Growth in agriculture and industry is to eliminate reliance on food aid over the next having a salutary effect on the unemployment two or three years is well within reach. A problem in the country. We have still a long buffer stock of 3 million tonnes will be reach way to go to offset the effect of the two ed in the course of the coming months. 6.4 drought years and to improve on the position million tonnes of food-grains have been pro especially about unemployment amongst cured out of the 1967-68 crops. Government technologists which is causing serious concern. have provided large funds for the preservation A modest start has been made with the and storage of grains. It has been possible programme for employment of qualified to relax restrictions on the movement of engineers in a self-employment programme. foodgrains and to expand the zones for particular cereals. 10. The improvement in agricultural production has raised the problem of main 6. In Government's strategy of develop tenance of reasonable prices for agricultural ment, the family planning programme conti produce to the farmer. Procurement prices nues to occupy pivotal importance. The have. by and large, been maintained at last programme has now been widely extended to year's remunerative levels through the effort the rural population covering even remote of the Food Corporation of India. The areas. improvement in industrial production has resulted in price stability. The index number 7. The striking improvement in agricul of wholesale prices, which was 211 a year ago, ture during 1967-68 raised national income by now stands at 205. 9.1 per cent over the previous year. Quick estimates show that the net national income for 1967-68 amounted to Rs. 16,665 crores II. The performance in the field of (at 1960-61 prices) as compared to Rs. 15,272 exports and in the drive for reduction in im crores in 1966-67, recording an increase of ports has been even more encouraging. Conti Rs. 1,393 crores during the year. Though nuing import substitution and reduction of dunna the current year agricultural production unduly large inventories have brought the will be at about the same level as in the import bill for the first nine months of previous year, the recovery in industry is ex 1968-69 to Rs. 1376.49 crores, that is, pected to improve the national income. Rs. 107.72 crores less than for the same period last year. Our export earnings, on the other hand, amounted to Rs. 1019.04 crom, 8. In Industry the process of recovery that is. about Rs. 116.65 crores more has begun. In the past two years, the agri than for the correspondina period of the last culture-based industries faced shortSlles of raw year. There has been strikina progress in the materials. With increased activity in SIIricul export of engineerina aoods. The textile ture and an increase in farm incomes, indus industry too has been able to raise it. exports tries oriented towards agriculture have begun sizeably. We are also now on the way to to recover. Fertilizers, pesticides, tractors, beeomina the world', Iarpe\ exporter of etc., are Increasina output rapidly. Electricity polished gems. generation and the output of electrical machi nery Is also lncreulna. In the consumer aoods field, cotton textiles and vanaspati pr0- 12. Our industrial products, particularly duction has been risina. However, the steel, steel manuractures, electrieal equipment, demand for the products of some industries in leather aoods and some chemical., have the machine-buildiq sector continues to be successf'ully met international competition and 19 Presidelll',f AtlJren MAGHA 2~, 18~ (SAKA) Pusidclt", AddreJS 20 secured substantial gains in the difficult 16. The Planning Commission is finali markets of industrial nations and also in the sing the Fourth Five-Year Plan which will markets of several Asian and African countries. begin its term next April. Our plans would We are beginning to utilise our natural and only be indicative of the future without any industrial resources to pay for what we need altempt to shape the future to suit our needs from abroad. However, international com and aspirations, unless they embodied our mercial policies continue to inhibit the expan national \\ill and determination to progressive sion of export earnings of developing ly bridge the gap between the needs of the countries. people and the resources in sight. Govern ment are determined to make every elTort to mobilise our own resources of savings, enter 13. Government are aware that trans prise and managerial ability. The new port, shipping and tourism are important and prosperity in the rural areas will have to be vital elements in augmenting its resources on harnessed to promote further growth parti invisible account. The size of our merchant cularly among the smaller farmers and in the neet is in the range of 2 million tonnes G RT relatively backward regions. While encourag with about 7 lakh tonnes on order. The fleet ing a greater flow of genuine savings to composition is being diversified taking into sustain larger investment both in the public account the need for bulk carriage. Stead~ and the private sectors the situation will have progress has been maintained in indigcnCllls to be utilised to strengthen the financial ship-building and it is hoped that in the p,,,ition of both the Centre and the States. course of the year, work on the !lc\:ond shipyard at Cachin will hc c,'mmcm·ed. 17. Government are conscious of the imp ortant role ",hi.h our public sector has to 14. Various schemes have bccil ,tarted play in the many-sided development of ollr to attract foreign tourists and, in rurtkular, economy. Consequently, the raising of the hotel a":l.:ommodalion of the right type ul efficiency of this sector is enllaging Govern important tourist centres is being devclopeJ ment's close allcntion. The recommendations further. Substantial improvement, are being of the Administrative Reforms Commission developed further. Substantial improvements made in their report on "Public Sector Under ace being effected in our intcrnntionnl ajrport~ takings" have been considered. Variou. nnd other airports in the country. decisions have been taken to delegate more powers to the management of these enterpri I S. The demand for irrigation schemes ses with the object of improving their effici and power schemes in the country is large. It ency and profitability. Steps have al.o been is proposed to set up an All India Irrigation taken to mobilise managerial resources for Commission to review the development of these enterprises, including adoption of suit irrigation in the country and to report on the able policies of personnel and labour matters. best programme of integrated development of surface and ground water resources for maxi mising agricultural production. Though in 18. There is considerable uncertainty with the last two decades the availability of power regard to external a ..istance. The burden of has gone up nearly six-fold, demand continues servicing the external debt i. mounting and to outstrip the generating capacity in some amounts to 514 million dollars this year. The area. of the country. For better utilisation re-schedulinll of debt payments of 101 million of the capacity already created, Government dollars provided by the Conwrtium countries arc giving more attention to transmission and and the International Dank for Reconstruct distribution schemes and the regional grids for ion and Development is, therefore, welcome. integrated operation of the power systems in While we hope that adequate external assist each rqion. Inter-regional tic lines are also ance will be forthcoming, we intend to pursue under construction for utili.ing surplus power a policy of a judicious use of credit. from in one rCllion in a neighbouring deficit region. abroad and 10 reduce progre.. ively the depe This will ultimately result in an all India grid. ndence on foreijn aid by increasing self-relia RW'Ili electrification which i. of direct benefit nce. to the \lil'iculturist for increasing his produ. Iioo, baa beea "Yell a apecial place in the 19. It i. a matter of ..,me satiaf..:tion power JlroIIlUIUIIC. that India', first atomic power ltati"n at 21 President's Address FEBRU-t-RY 17, 1969 President's Addres.f 22 Tarapur, in the State of Maharashtra, is exp Parochial, regional caste and communal move ected to deliver 380 M W of electric power ments have caused tensions and violence in from July 1969. India's first Uranium Mine the cOllntry. The National Integration Council and Mill at Jaduguda (Bihar) have been com consisting of representatives of the Central missioned and the production of uranium co and State Governments, leaders of many opp ncentrates has commenced. Work has comm osition parties and other leaders of public enced in Hyderabad on the setting up of opinion, held a meeting in Srinagar in June facilittes to process these concentrates into 1968 to consider problems of national integr finished fuel elements required for our atom ation, and in particular that of communal ic power programme. Considerable progress tensions. The Council made a number of has been made in the field of space research. specific recommendations on which action is "Rohini" and meteorological rockets, which being taken by the Central and State Gover have been completely designed and fabricated nments. The Criminal and Election Laws in India, were successfully tested in flight. (Amendment) Bill, 1968, introduced in purs India has entered the field of Satellite Com uance of the recommendations of the Council, munications. The first Indian Commercial is before Parliament. When enacted, it will Satellite Communications Earth Station is greatly strengthen the hands of the Govern under construction at Arvi near Poona. This ment in curbing the evils of communalism. station is expected to become operational by However, while legal and administrative the end of October 1969. measures are necessary, the fight against these fissiparous movements has to be carrie'd to 20. Government are consciolls that the the broad masses of our people. The key to problems of integrated economic development success lies in fostering the concept of Indian in the country require political stability. Nationalism and secularism in the minds and The elections to the Legislative Assemblies of hearts of our people. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Nagaland have been conducted by and 22. The country also faces the danger of large in a peaceful and orderly atmosphere. It is a mattcr of satisfaction that the Chief Ele violence from certain extremist political ction Commissioner has found it necessary to groups. The doctrines propounded by these order repoll or fresh poll in only 28 polling groups are clearly subversive of our Consti stations out of over 1,\0,000 polling stations tution and the rule of law, and detrimental in the five states in which an electorate of to orderly government and progress. There nearly 102 million was recently called upon is no place in a democratk society for groups to cast its vote. However, disquieting reports which seek to change the social and political have been received from certain areas that structure by armed insurrection. sections of citizens were subjected to pressur es amounting to intimidalion which prevented 23. As the Hon'ble Members are aware, them from exercising their franchise. This the Machinery for Joint Consultation and matter is receiving Government's attention. Compulsory Arbitration was set up on a Every political party should endeavour to basis in 1966 with the object of promoting ensure dolitical stability which is essential for harmonious relations between Government and rapid social and economic development. In their employees and the redressal of employees' the meantime we hope that with the co-oper arievances. Government have full faith that ation of all the political parties, stable lover the Scheme of Joint Consultation and Com nments will be formed after the elections pulsory Arbitration is the only answer two whoich have just concluded. As defections the problem of settlement of disputes with its from organised political parties contributed employees consistent with the imperative need to political instability, a Committee was app for the maintenance of discipline in the public ointed to examine this problem in pursuance services and un-interrupted operation of of a resolution passed by the Lok Sabha. The essential services. They accordingly propose Committee has completed its work. Its reco to live the Scheme a statutory basis in ord« mmendations will now be considered by Parl to place it on a firmer and sounder footina. iament. 21. Lut year, I referred in my speech to 24. After years of patient deliberatlom. tel'taIn dlsturbJDa trend. in our national affairs a formula was evolved last year for the reorp- 23 President's Address MAGHA 28, 1890, (SAKA) 24 nisation of Assam. A Constitution Amendment in progress between the USSR, the USA, Bill for conferrina necessary within the Britain and France will lead to an early resto powers on Parliament to set up an autono ration of peace in the area. mous State with in the state of Assam is already before the House. After Parliament has appro 28. The major aim of our policies rema ved this amendment and it is atified by the ins the strengthening of relations and the pro State Legislature, as required under Article motion of international co-operation. This 368, Government propose to bring forward de has been the purpose of the visits to foreign tailed legislation to give effect to the scheme. countries undertaken by me and the Prime Minister. I visited Nepal, the Soviet Union, 25. Travelling beyond the limits of our Hungary and Yugoslavia last year. Apart internal affairs, I should like to refer briefly from visits to Australia, New Zealand, to external affairs. Government feel convi Malaysia and Singapore, the Prime Minister nced of the essential soundness of the broad visited Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, structure and principles of their foreign policy. Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and In the world today, it is difficult to see any Venezuela. The welcome accorded to me and alteernative to peaceful co~istence among all the Prime Ninister in all these countries testi States and peaceful co-operation for the pro flied to the regard in which India is held by motion of peace, cenomic well being and these nations. The Prime Minister addressed stability in the world. Every State must the General Assembly of the United Nations ceaselessly strive for areas of agreement so and it is a matter of deep satisfaction that that processes of detente can continue unimpe enunciation in her address of the basic princi ded even in the midst of difficulties and set pies of india's foreign policy evoked a heart backs that may arise from time to lime. warming, widespread response. The Prime Minister also attended the Commonwealth 26. There is an all-round strengthening Prime Ministers' Conference in London. Jt and improvement of India's relations with provided a welcome opportunity for exchange of views with the large number of Heads of various nations of the world. It is our firm belief that the stimulated distrust and suspi States and Prime Minister assembled there. cion of India assiduously spread by Pakistan, and the distorted image of our country which 29. We have been privileged to receive China projects through its ideological prism, many Heads of State and Governments in will both succumb to the realities of the situ our midst. Most recently, Their Imperial ation. Government have expressed more Majesties the Shahanshah Aryamehr and than once with frankness and sincerity their Shahbanu of Iran, and the Prime Minister of desire to have friendliest of relations with Ceylon, BUlgaria and New Zealand were in both our neighbours consistent with our sove India. reignty, territorial integrity and on the basis of absolute non-interference in each other's 30. While Government and the entire internal affairs. country ardently desire peace and are dedicated to promotina peace, we have to be very visi 27. Government's stand on Vietnam, lant in the matter of defence preparedness. which was always based on a realistic appra Considerable progress has been made in re isal of the interplay of forces, has stood vin equipping and modernisina our Armed dicated. Whatever the difficulties ahead, Forces, Our fighting forces are in a good their must be firm resolve to overcome them state nf train ina aud their morale is high. through negotiations now in progress in Paris, Some measures have been taken to improve The courageous people of Vietnam who have the service conditions of our soldiers, sailors suffered 50 much should be able to fashion and airmen. Improvements have been effec their own destiny without outside interference ted in their pay scales and in their pension The situation in West Asia demands a most ary terms and the rates of certain allowances. ufJCnt solution of the continuina crisis in The need for economy in defence exreaditure that part of the world. There is not much has always been kept in view. time to !ole in implomentina the Security CouaciI RCIOlution of November 22, 1967, 31, 1be lint fripte built in the country, Government hope that the coDlUltations DOW INS Nltsiri, wu launched recently, Thll II 25 P,esidelll's Add,cJ FEBRUAR Y 17, 1969 Prrsidelll'.\ AddrcH 26 an important landmark in the history of the CONSTITUTION (22nd Prod!.) BILL Ind ian Navy. 35. I should now like to conclude this Address by recalling that this year we cele 32. A survey of our internal and c'ter brate Gandhiji's birth centenary. Many ide ... nal affairs must inevitably include a reference emotions and images rise to one's mind and to the legislative and other business which the whole panorama of the history of our will come up befoure you. conutry unfolds itself. We are inheritors of • great heritagc. Our country is rich in re' 'ollrces. Our people arc skilled craftsmen. 33. The estimates of receipts and expen Our ~dentists and te<.:hnologists are some of diture of the Government of India fur the the best which any country could boast of. next financial year 1969-70 "ill be presented While we can argue with one another within to you for consideration shortly. the limits of reason and rationality about the best means and methods to adopted for 34. Government propose to bring before re<.:onstrllcting our sodety. v-'e can all unite in Parliament the following legislative measure, a purposive etTort to build the India or during the current session:- Gandhiji's dreams and to endeavour to wipe every tear from evcry c)c. Only thus shall (a) Bills to replace the existing Ordinance, . "e be uble to serve the common people and rulfil the pledges of thc founding father of (i) The Limitation (AmenJrnent) Onli this great Republic. I \\ i,h your labours nance, 1968. all Sli(.:~css. (ii) The (I'ublic Wakf, (Extensiun ,,1' 12.32 hrs. Limitation) Amendment OnJimmL'c, FOREIGN MARRIAGl 1lIl.1. 196M. (i) Report of Joint Committee (iii) The Customs (Amendment) Ordi nance, 1969. SHRI VIKRAM CHAND MAHAJAN (Chamba) : Sir, I beg to lay on the Table a (ivl The Payment of Hont" (Arncndmenll capy of the Report of the Joint Committe. on Ordinance, 1969. thc Bill to make prmisian relating to marriages of citizens uf India outside India. (b) New Bills: (ii) Evidence before Joint Committee (i) Bill to provide Statutory Basis for the Machinery of Joint Consult.- SHRI VIKRAM CHAND MAHAJAN tion and Compulsory Arbitration Sir, I beg to lay:on the Table a copy of the evi- for Central Government Employees. denee given before the Joint Commillee on the Bill to make provision relating to mllrriaKes (ii) Thc Indian Council of Agricultural of citilens of India outside India. Rescarch Bill. 1969. 12.33 hrs. (iii) The Essential Commodities CONSTITUTION (TWENTY -SECOND (Amendment) Bill, 1969. AMENDMENT) BILL (iv) Thc Tea (Amenbment) Bill 1969. Exton,lon of lime for presentaUon of Report (v) The Prcvention of Water Pollution of Joint Co_lltee Bill 1969. SHRI SHANTILAL SHAH (Bombay· (vi) The Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation North·Wesl) : Sir. I bag to mo'·. :- (Amendment) Bill. 1969. "That this House do extend the lime appointed for the presentation of Ihe Report (vii) Bill to extend certain Central of the Joint Committee on the Bill furtOO Labour Acts to the State of Jammu to amend the Constitution of IndiII, up t<) tho & Kuhmir. 12th March, 1969." 27 MAGHA 28,1890 (SAKAI ObitUal'" Rc'lrrt.'lrn',\ 28 \ Mr. SPEAKER: The question is : good, so cheerful, and I .-ou"J not belicve it when I heard that he was seriously ill "That this House do e,tend the time and he died ultimately on the 3rd February. appointed for the presemation of th: Repon He was a great and respe<:ted leader in of the Joint Commillee on the Bill funher to Madras, a very charming person. 'cry kind. amend the Constitution of India. LIP 10 the very humble, and such a leader y,e miss ! I 11th March, 1969." alll really vcry unh"rr~ about the sudden dcmi.c or " gre" t leader like Shri Annadurai. T"~ mvl iVIl Il'a~ adopted. Shri S. RanulSv...II11Y Naidu "as a Member of the Provisional Parliament during the 12.34 hrs. years 1950·1951. He passed ay,a~ in his home REVOCATION OF PROCLAMATION IN town. Sernkamalanadl)apUrum. THE PRIME MINISTER OF ATOMIC OEllTlJAR Y REFERENCES LNLRGY AND MINISTER OF PLAN· NING (SHRIMATI INDIRA GANDHI /1.35 h". May I join you m expressing our sen· MR. SPEAKAR I have to inform the timcn ts of decr sorro\\' at the passing away House of the ~d dcmi:,e of three of our of Shri Annadurai, Shri S. Ramaswamy' friend;. namely. Shri C. N. Annadurai. Naidu and Shri Manikya Lal Varma ? Shri S. Ramaswamy Naidu and Shri Manikya Lal Varma. I had occu.ion to pay publi. tribute to the memory of Shri Anllauurai ill Madra •. Shri C. N. Annadurai y,as e\""ted 10 As you yourself have reminded us, he has Fourth Lok Sabha from Madras South !>en'ed this Parliament as 0 distinguished constituency during the general ele<:tions of Member of the other Hou!>e and but for 1967. However, after becoming the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu he was elected to the call of his Party in Tamil Nadu. he would have been a Member of this 1I0u>c. the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council and his seat in Lok Sabha became vacant. He was a hillhly esteemed and dynamic popular Since the last General Elections, we have leadcr. I had the pleasure of meeting him had governments of varyinll huc. and politi on the 17th January, a fey, days berore his cal persuasions in difTerent State.. This has death. I was with him for nearly half an naturally posed (r ..h c hallenaes to our hour chatting in his own house. I ne'er federal system. A, Chief Minister of Tamil thought, I ncvcr dreamt, that his end was so Nadu, Shri Annadurai made notable contri· ncar that within a few day. we would mi .. bution to the evolution of healthy relations him and miss him for cvcr. Hc was so between the Centre and the Statcs. Wc cheerful, talking about so many things. I shall miss his wise coun.. 1 in the National did suacst to him that he should change Devclopment Council and in the Chief his bouse. So many thinp wc did dilCuss Mini.ters Conference as well as on other about national matters also. He was so occasions. Shri Annadurai wa, a .tatesmaD 29 Obi/l,ary Reference FEBRlJARY 17,1969 Obi/llary Reference. JO I and an eminent Indian who has been also who have all tried to help us to get over snatched away from our midst at a time the troubles of these castes and the social when his services were greatly needed. depression and intellectual perversion that have corne to be heaped upon large sections Shri S. Ramaswamy Naidu was an old of our masses. political figure. He served as a Member of the Provisional Parliament. His interests were Annadurai's contribution to the world varied and wide, covering political social and cause of humanism was indeed noteworthy. cultural fields. We shall miss him two. It is not easy to lift up the backward classes and the suppressed people. Mhatma Gandhi Another colleague of ours who "as had led us all-quite a large naumber of us are with us until the last Session of Parliament here in this House-and millisons of us all has also passed away. Shri Manik),a Lal our India in the direction of humanism Varma was an elder and respected figure. lie and helped us to get overs as much of this un was among the leading soldiers in the struggle touchability as possible. But that work has for freedom. He courted imprisonment several yet to continue and it will continue for some times. He had deep interest in, and devotion time to come. to the cause of the under-privileged. As a Member of the Constituent Assembly and For ages, millions and crores of our subsequently of the Provisional Parliament people have come to be twisted in their mind and the First Lok Sabha and also as the and have been made to believe in a kind of a first Chief Minister of Rajasthan, he rendered peculiar conception of karma by which they distinguished service to the country. thought that they were born to be degraded and to be suppressed and therefore, it was On behalf of the Government and of their right as well as their duty to look up this House, may I request you to convey to other people and to look down upon them our deep condolences and sympathy to the selves. members of the bereaved families 0 Social revolution has indectd to liberate SHRI RANG A (Srikakulam) : I associate these people and liberate them from this age myself with what you have said and with long brain-washing that they have sutTered what the Prime Minister has said about from. Annadurai had ta~en up that duty these t hree r~pected friends of ours. under the leadership of that grand old man, Periyar, and he worked so hard, so success Shri Annadurai, popularly kno"n as fully, not entirely but so successfully and it 'Anna' had risen to be one of Ollr respected became possible for him to do what it had national leaders. He was a distinguished not been possible rllr many other social revo social worker. His services to Tamil litera lutionaries to do, namely to convince the ture arc unique. He happened to be one of great majority of the masses in Tamil the distilljlUished colleagues of mine and Nadu that they should rise against this kind also a student of mine in the famous of brain-washing which had been there on their Pachayappa College of Madras University heads for all these centuries and take advantage which was started by one of the leaders of of the adult suffrage that had been gifted the depressed classes of South India. Shri to the masses of this country by Mahatma Annadurai devoted the whole of his life, Gandhi, and a59Cft their humanity and assert stormy as it turned out to be, for the libera their majority in social life; and they had tion and uplift of the backward classes. achieved it in the last elections with such gusto and with such revolutionary fervour as He has joined the galaxy of those great we had displayed earlier tlpinst the British. lOCial reformen and revolutionaries of our They had Annadurai at their head in the country. As JIOOd fortune would have it, vanlJUard of their social revolution. our country has been able to produ• .., from the days of the Buddha rillht down to I salute him as aU geuinne social revo Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Mohan Roy lutionaries all over the world would be salu Ramaswamy, Ambedkar and various others tinB such a areat man, a aood man and a 31 MAGHA 28, 1890 (SAKAl Obituary R,!ttr, c,. 32 \ noble man. It has been my privilege to c0- ~if;!1 ~re- ~, 19i,,~ 11m'!' ~ IfT~ operate with him through decades past and it " my leader Rajaji has been able to persuade ~ ilfflffi~"l if;) ~r ~ iifHH t, f~iI' If>T him to come into a social and political RIA ~r't iifTlI'f if ~ "00 1tiIft,,~ coalition and combination which would help if.~ ~ffr ~ the social democracy not only of Tamil Nadu I but also of the rest of Indai in the years to come to achieve further succcsscs in our ·~T 1i"fT~~rf 'li1~ JiTffr it; ~lf, Ji~TiI' march towards complete humanism and also the liberation of our masses from the brain ,!lIf it I ~ 'I'~~: 'IfT~ Ifft fJii!:tt if" ~ washing of thousands of years which they had 'I'l~ '3'm' ilfflfi!~ ~~ it; 'I'rif;T~ ~ ~ suffered from. I pay my homage to his ~H W lflfT I ;:rrf"... il'r~ 1!iT memory. "lr-t ~~r ~ !ff.,. 'I'h: ~ 'IfTq' f~ !fATiI' .m Ramaswami Naidu was also my personal ~l!f~r"'T ,iifTq.f I!il r;rf1!1lflff ~ t, friend. We were together in jail, and I think 11ft ~;;rr~ ,,'" iifTH I!it ~if;;;rorifT rt you were there in the same jail along with him. He was such a fine man, a ~harming Ji;rT<'r 'i~ ~~ mlfif ""' g~ I person, very friendly, and a good fighter for our freedom. He rose to be the president ~ru iifTq.f f'ff~r;:rHrl ~ 'ff~ t of the provincial Congress Committee and for a long number of years he served the 'I'h >.iT w"~\rf ~~ fqf~r it; ~ Tamil Nadu Congress Committee before it ..m: ~~~~if. q I ilrfif;il' Mlf aelC-re&pKt. it is 50methiDa whose essence If~ Ifhrr ~ f'R'~ 1tiT ~ 1932 it we ouailt to discover in order to be able to ill.iect it all over the country and bring Ifl~ fq;;rr ill I '3';r f~;ff Ii ~ mft about tbe kind of transformation. the social ~ 11'r ~ orm'i it; I!i1l€t 1f\'r~ ~'" ~~ revolution as Prof. Ranp has put it. of I Iflf<: :;r) Sf~T lIilfr :;rr ~ f'l"Eft '3'"' which Shri ADnadurai was the representative. it ~ ~) ~R ~~ ~ IqT ~T~ ~ We have differed on many occasions, fro ~ Jfm fli"fT ~ ~ ~(fifT!IIroflf but we know how it was that Shri Annadurai ~'" ~ ~;lfT IPlTI ~, ~).;fT, 'l11 ;r;) ~om) fq..-r~, ~ people downtrodden people, poor people, they watched the procession silently and wept. iIfT'lITlfr ~ ;;rf~o; lTU