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Council of State Debates Official Report Tuesday 26th September 1922

1922

During the course of the last Budget debate when I myself had the honour of putting up a proposition in this House my personal view was that never in the history of the country was a more suitable occasion to be found for the exercise of the veto ; but His Excellency the Viceroy held his hands in the spirit of that wonderfully patient policy which he has all the time displayed towards this India [...] Thompson I make bold to say that the amendment which I am moving is intended not to defeat the purpose of the Bill before the House nor is it intended to call in question the fundamental principle involved in the Bill but is intended to ask for time for the considertion of the various features of the Bill. [...] And further no prosecution under the proposed Act can be launched without the prvious sanction not of the Local Government not of the District Magistrate not even of the Agent to the Governor General but of the Governor General in Council so that it is obvious that no one need be afraid of a groundless prosecution in cases that come under this Act for in the first instance the scope of t [...] Sir in view of the extraordinary circumstances mentioned in this Council yesterday under which the motion before us has now been made I have had my most anxious consideration paid to the matter The HONOURABLE SARDAR JOGENDRA SINGH : Is the Honourable Member speaking on the amendment or on the Bill ? The HONOURABLE THE PRESIDENT : Both the amendment and the principal motion are under discussion. [...] There is a wave of unrest in the country owing to the desire of the people to rule themselves and much of the power which remained hitherto in the hands of the Rulers in British India has been transferred to those of the people either as a result of these agitations or as a concession by the Rulers themselves.
government politics public policy
Pages
52
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100003
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Frontmatter
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Council of State
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Backmatter
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