Legislative Assembly Debates Tuesday 31st August 1937 Official Report

The position was as stated up to the 1st April 1937 but the amendments referred to in my reply to part (a) included an amenment on this point with the effect of substituting as the relevant qualfication for candidature entry on the electoral roll of the constituency for which the candidate seeks to stand or of any other constituency of the Indian Legislative Assembly situate in the same Pr [...] S. Satyamurti : In view of the fact that British India is a predominant partner in the Federation and in view of the fact that the Round Table Conferences were held on the basis of British India the Princes and the British Government entering into the Federation litay I know why at this stage the Government have gone back on the old procedure and have ignored British India which is a dominant [...] Satyamurti Will the Honourable the Leader of the House be pleased to state (a) the contribution which India is now paying after the recent Resolution in the 'Assembly to the Leagne 'Natidni';- (b) the number of Indians employed in the League Secretariat according to the latest information available ; And (c) whether the 'Government of India propose to consult the opinion of the A.ssenably in res [...] The proposed procedure would be' impracticable if only for the reason that the agenda for the Assembly of the League 'does not reach India until after the termination of the Delhi SésSion that instructions 'to the Delegates have for.the taost'part to be issued before the commencement of the Simla Session. [...] S. Satyamurti : With reference to part (c) 'will the Honouable the Law Member consider the advisability of devising some machinery such as a committee of the House or in some öthei manner of consulting the opinion of the House through the representatives of all parties here with regard to the attitude we should 'take on such important questions as the partition of Palestine the Sino-Japane