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LOK SABHA DEBATES NINTH SERIES (Vol. I .No. 2) DECEMBER, 19, 1989 FOURTH SESSION NINTH LOK SABHA LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI [O&lOlllAL BNOLIIB PaOClW'INOI bJCLtJDD UI BIIauIB Va.. AND O&IGINAL Humt PaOaSBDINOIIMCLUDIID DI HIKDI'VBUIOli WILL • ftBATBD AS AUTIIGUTAT.V8 AND MOT ,... T&AlI.:.TIOII 'fIII1.... 1 CONTENTS [Ninth Series~ Volume I • First Session, 198911911 (Saka)] No.2, Tuesday, December 19 t 1989/Agrahayana 28,1911 (Saka) CoLUMNS Members Sworn 1-3 Election of Speaker 4--6 Felicitations to the Speaker 7-24 Shri Vishwanath Pratap Singh 7-8 Shri Rajiv Gandhi 8 Snnmati Vrjaya Raja Scindia 8-9 Shri Somnath Chatterjee 9 Shri Indrajit Gupta 10-11 Shri Kadambur M.A. Janarthanan 11 Shri Nani Bhattacharya 11-12 Shri Chitta Basu 12-13 Prot. Saifuddin Soz 13 Shri Ibrahim Sulalman Sait 13-14 Shri P.C. Thomas 14-15 Shri Vamanrao Mahadik 15-16 Shri Su~an Salahuddin Owaisi 16 (ii) CoLUMNS Shri Shankar Singh Vaghela 16-17 Shri Mahadeo Rao Shiwankar 17-18 Dr. Khushal Paras Ram Booche 18 Shri Haribhau Shankar Mahala 18-19 Shri Inderjit 19 Shri P. Upendra 19-20 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA Shri Kamal Chaudhary (Hoshtarpur) Shri Girdhari Lal Bhargava (Jaipur) Tu 85day, December 19, 19S91Agrahayana Shrj Jaswant Singh (Jodhpur) 28, 1911 (Saka) Shri Nandu Thapa (Sikhim) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock Shri Brahmadutt (T ehri Garhwal) [The Speaker pro tern (Prof. N.G. Ranga) in the Chai~ Shri S.P. Yadav (Sambhal) [English] Shri Satya Pal Singh (Shahjahanpur) MR. SPEAKER: SecretarywGeneral may Shri Ram Singh (Sultanpur) callout the names of the Member who ~~ to take Oath or make Affkmation. Shri Ram Avadh (Akbarpur) MEMBERS SWORN Shri Mitra Sen Yadav (Faizabad) Shri Mufti Mohammed Sayeed (Muzaffar- Shri Fasiurrahman alias Munnan Khan nagar) (Balrampur) Shr; Janardan Tiwari (Siwan) Shri Avedya Nath (Gorakhpur) Shr, Had Kishore Singh (Sheahar) Shri Harsh Vardhan (Maharajgani) Shri M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy (Kanaka- pura) Shri Harikewal (Salempur) Prof P.J. Kurien (Mavelikara) Shri Chandra Shekhar (BaHia) Shri Mohanlat (Mandla) Shri Ani! Shastri (Varanasi) Shri Kamalnath (Chhindwara) Shri Yusuf Beg (Mirzapur) Shri Damodar Barku Shingada (Dahanu) Shri Ram Sajiwan (Banda) Shri Thorat Sandipan Bhagwan (Pandhar- Shri Ganga Charan (Hamirpur) pur) Shri Rajendra Agnihotri (Jhansi) Shri Gadak Yeshawantrao Kenkarrao (Ahmednagar) Shri Ram Sewak Bhatia (Jalaun) Shri Giridhar Gomango (Koraput) Shrimati Subhasini Ali (Kanpur) 3 Members Sworn DECEMBER 19. 1989 ELection of Speaker 4 Shri Santosh Bharitiya (Farrukhabad) 12.10 hr•• Ch. Multan Singh (Jalesar) ELECTION OF SPEAKER Shri Ramji Lal Suman (Firosabad) [English] Shri Ajay Singh (Agra) f\~R. SPEAKER: Shri Devi Lal may now move the motion standing in his name. Shri Satya Pal Malik (Aligarh) [ Translation] Shri Bhagwan Oass (Khurja) THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND Shri Kishan Chand Tyagi (Hapur) r~UNrSTER OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI DEVI LAL): Mr. Speaker. Sir, with your permis- Shri Harish Pal (Meerut) sion, I beg to move: Shri Har Pal (Kairana) "That .Shri Rabi Ray, a Member of this House, be chosen as the speaker of Shri Inderjeet (Oarjeeling) this House". Shri Palas Barman (Balarghat) [English] Shri Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan MR. SPEAKER: Shri Manubhai Kota- Chaudhury (Maida) dia may second the motion. Shri Manoranjan Sur (Basirhat) [ Trans/ation] Shrimati Gita Mukherjee (Panskura) THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WA TEA RESOURCES (SHAI Shri Salagala Benjamin (8apa1la) MANUBHAI KOTADIA): S;r, I second the motion moved by Shri Devi Lal. Shri Ganendra Reddy (Chittoor) [English] Shri Y.S. Raja Sekhar Reddy (Cuddapah) MR. SPEAKER: Shri Sharad Yadav Shri Simon Marandr (Rajmahal) may now move the motion standing in his name. Shri Shailendra Mahatao (Jamshedpur) [ Translation] Shri C.K. Jaffer Sharief .(Bangat>re North) THE MINISTER OF TEXTILES AND Shri Purohit Banwarilal Bhagwandas MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING IN- (Nagpur) DUSTRIES (SHRI SHARAD YADAV): Sir, I beg to move: Shri P. Chidambaram (Sivaganga) "That Shri Aabi Ray, a Member of this Shri Har Govind (Amroha) House, be chosen as the speaker of this House". MR. SPEAKER: Is there any other Member who wants to take the oath? ... There [Eng/ish] being none, now we take up the Motion for the eleaion 01 the Speaker. MR. SPEAKER: Shri George Fernan- des may second the motion. 5 EL8Ction of Speaker AGRAHA YANA 28. 1911 (SAKA) ELection of Speaker 6 [ Trans/ation] MR. SPEAKER: Motion moved by Shri THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHAt Devi Lal: GEORGE FERNANDES): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I second the motion. "That Shri Rabi Ray, a member of this House, be chosen as the Speaker of [English] ~ this House." ~" MR. SPEAKER: Shrl L.K. Advani may Motion moved by Shri Sharad Yadav: now the motion standing in his name. "That Shri Rabi Ray t a member, of this AN HON. MEMBER: He is not there. House, be chosen as the Speaker of this House." SHAI KAMALNATH (Chhindwara): Is the BJP withdrawing the motion since Mr. Motion moved by Shri Indrajit Gupta: Advani is not there? (Interruptions) Only the mover of the motion can move it. (Interrup- "That Shri Rabi Ray, a member of this tions) House, be chosen as the Speaker of this House." [ Trans/ation] All the motions are before the House. SHRIMATI VIJAYA RAJE SCINDIA Now I shall put the first motion moved by Shri (Guna): I beg to move (Interruptions). Devi Lal and seconded by Shri Manubhai Kotadia to the vote of the House. The ques- [English] tion is: SHRI KAMALNATH: Mr. Advani has to "That Shri Rabi Ray, a Member of this move the motion. We cannot go by proxy. Is House, be chosen as the Speaker of the BJP supporting it or opposing it? This is this House." not in the capacity of the individual member; this is in the capacity of the party. Are th~ The motion was adopted supporting it or opposing it? It is very simple. ( Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: The Motion is unani .. mously adopted. MR. SPEAKER: Mr. Advani is out of town. Therefore, that motion cannot be I declare Shri Rabi Ray duty elected as moved in his name. Shri Indrajit Gupta may the Speaker of this House. "Now I have great now move the motion standing in his narr:e. pleasure in inviting Shri Rabi Ray to occupy the Chair. SHRIINDRAJITGUPTA (Midnapore): I beg to move the following: (Shri Rabi was conducted to the Chair by the Prime Minister I The Deputy Prime "That Shri Rabi Ray, a Member of this Minister, The Leader of the opposition, Shri House. be chosen as the Speaker of P. LJpendra, Shrimati Vijaya Raja Scindia, this House." Shri Somnath Chatterjee and Shri tndrajit ~upta) MR. SPEAKER~ ShriAmar Roy Pradhan may second the motion. 12.17 hra. SHRI AMAR ROY PRADHAN tGooch {MR. SPEAKER (SHR! RABI RAy) "in the Behar): I second the molion movPd ~ Shri Cha~t1 ." Indrajit Gupta. 7 Felicitations to DECEMBER 19, 1989 Speaker 8 12.17 hrs. challenge of upholding the dignity of our national flag. We believe that your elevation FELICITATIONS TO THE SPEAKER to this august office will help us in facing the challenge. [English] With these words, I once again con- MR. SPEAKER: Prime Minister gratulate you. [ Translation] [English] THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI VISH- SHRI RAJIV GANDHI (Amethi): Mr. WANATH PRATAP SINGH): Mr. Speaker, Speaker, I would like to congratulate you on Sir, it is a matter of immense pleasure for all taking over as Speaker of this Ninth Lok of us that you have been unanimously elected Sabha. You come to the Chair with a distin- to the esteemed office of Speaker of this guished career, as a Parliamentarian, as a august House and we congratulate you on freedom fighter. You are well acquainted your ejection. with the rules and traditions of the House, with the ethos of the House. We pledge our I would also like to thank all the political full cooperation to you and we as the largest parties including the opposition forthis unani- party in the House will work responsibly with mous election as I am of the view that this you to strengthen our democratic institution. unanimous election ;s the first step towards our bid and endeavour for achieving consen- We do have a small complaint. We were sus on various matter. On this occasion, I told that we would be consulted on your would also extend my congratulations and election. Unfortunately the consultation took felicitations to all the newly elected han. place at 11.54 AM yesterday, only six min- Mgmbers of the House. utes before the deadline for filing nomina- tion. Sir, your long experience of public life and high wisdom will stand you in good stead While the treasury benches decided to in conducting the business of the House make this a unilatera' decision, we made it a Right from your student days, you were unanimous decision. inflamed with the spirit of freedom and you identified your seH with the freedom struggle. Sir, in you we have full trust. We be!ieve Even the iron bars of prison could not deter you will be fairminded. just and impartial. We you to deviate from your cherished goal of took to you as the guardian of democracy, as life. Being an ardent believer of socialism the custodian of the rights of the people. and a great socialist thinker, you could not confine yourself to merely driving the British [ Translation] rulers out of the country but you also strived for securing justice for the oppressed and SHRIMATI VIJAYA RAJE SCINDIA the exploited sections of the society. There- (Guna): Mr. Speaker Sir, on this auspicious fore, we are led to believe that the faintest occasion of your having been elected to this voice raised in the House espousing the high and esteemed office of the Speaker of cause of those hapless people of the society, the Lok Sabha, I am extremely happy to will be promptly and instantly picked up by extend my heartiest congratulations and good your ears and it would gain strength and wishes to you.