LOK SABHA DEBATES

PART II PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (LOK SABHA)

16.10 hrs.

CONSTITUTION (ONE-HUNDREDTH AMENDMENT) BILL.2003 (Amendment of Eighth Schedule)

Title : Discussion on the Constitution (One-Hundredth Amendment) Bill, 2003. (Amendment of Eighth Sschedule) (Bill passed).

MR. SPEAKER: Now, the House will take up item no. 23.

THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND IN CHARGE OF THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (SHRI L.K. ADVANI): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:

"That the Bill further to amend the Constitution of India, be taken into consideration."
Sir, this Bill, by itself, is confined to amending the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution which lists the recognised languages. The amendment seeks to include Bodo language also in the Eighth Schedule. There has been a demand for the inclusion of this language and also for the inclusion of several other languages in the Eighth Schedule, including Santhali.

As far as the inclusion of other languages is concerned, I would like to say a few words here. But so far as Bodo is concerned, the inclusion of Bodo language in the Eighth Schedule is in pursuance of a very valuable Memorandum of Settlement arrived at between the representatives of the Bodo community, the Government of Assam and the Government of India some time back. As a result of it, only a few days back there was a massive gathering in Assam in which the Chief Minister of Assam was present and those who are Members of the Autonomous Council set up under that settlement were also sworn in there. The feeling of joy among all was so widespread among the people present there. The Bodo militants laid down their arms, handed over their arms and there was a feeling that peace has come to the area and harmony has come to the area.

Sir, a part of the settlement was also that the Government of India would consider inclusion of Bodo language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Then, two senior Members from the Opposition parties, Shri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi and Shri Basu Deb Acharia gave notice that Santhali also should be included in the Eighth Schedule. The Government considered the whole thing and we have accepted to include three other languages namely, Santhali, Maithili and Dogri and an official amendment to this effect will be moved very shortly. But at the present moment, so far as this Bill is concerned, it refers to the inclusion of Bodo language and I commend this Bill for unanimous acceptance of the House.

MR. SPEAKER: Motion moved:

"That the Bill further to amend the Constitution of India, be taken into consideration."
I would like to inform the hon. Members that we have to take up another important discussion at 4.30 p.m. So, I would request the hon. Members to speak as briefly as they can on this Bill so that we can take up voting on this Bill at 4.30 p.m.

SHRI P.R. KYNDIAH (SHILLONG): Mr. Speaker, Sir, at the outset, I would like to say that we welcome the inclusion of Bodo language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, as it has been agreed upon in the Tripartite Agreement signed by the Government of India, the Government of Assam and the leaders of the Bodo community.

It is a good augury for the North-East Region where we expect that this agreement will pave the way for the larger peace, harmony and tranquility in this turbulent area. So, we welcome this Amendment Bill for the inclusion of the Bodo language, which is for the North-East. We have the Assamese language, the Manipuri language and now the Bodo language in the 8th Schedule.

There have been demands over the years for the inclusion of Khasi language, which is a language which comes under one of the major languages group of India, that is Austro-Asiatic. It is an aesthetic language. Khasi language belongs to Man-Khmer stream and it is the language which is being spoken in Cambodia and Myanmar. Over the hundreds of years, this Khasi language has developed into a language of its own personality. It was specially recognised by the Calcutta University in 1900 in its Entrance examination. In 1919, it was recognised by the Calcutta University at a degree level at that time.

Sir, later, in 1948, Guwahati recognised it as a BA language. So, today we have the North-Eastern University. It has opened up and offers M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D. in the level. This language is one of the richest tribal languages in the country which is being spoken in my State, in Meghalaya, in Assam as well as in parts of Bangladesh. It is very important that this language is considered objectively to be included in the Eighth Schedule. Rarely a tribal language is recognised by three Universities.
In fact, the other day I had a discussion with the Minister of State, Shri I.D. Swami and I was given a hint that this matter would go to the Expert Committee. We do not mind that so long as the basis of the case is recognised.  (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: Please keep silence in the House.

SHRI P.R. KYNDIAH : This language is one of the richest languages, no doubt about it. Even the Sahitya Sabha has recognised this language. I would request the Speaker and the Government to take note of Khasi language because it is one of the few tribal languages which is deserving. You will get all the facts. I have written a letter to Shri Swami only the other day giving all the facts.

So, while welcoming this Constitution (Amendment) Bill for the inclusion of Bodo language in the Eighth Schedule, we request the Government to consider the inclusion of Khasi language in the Eighth Schedule.

SHRI ANADI SAHU (BERHAMPUR, ORISSA): Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a welcome move to include the Bodo language in the Eighth Schedule. As has been indicated, it is the Memorandum of Settlement which has brought about peace in Assam and particularly in Bodoland.

Shri Bwiswmuthiary, who had been championing the cause, is the person who had taken lots of steps in this regard and the Deputy Prime Minister had started this thing. Now, Sir, there is peace and harmony in that area.

Sir, as the Deputy Prime Minister has said, other languages are to be included in the Eighth Schedule. When the Constitution was drafted, 14 languages were taken but the objective reason for which those 14 languages had been taken in had not been indicated. At a later stage, four languages were taken. Now, it is necessary that other languages also should be taken in like the Bodo language which has come now. The Santhali language has to be taken in because it is a very rich language with a script of its own. Pandit Raghunath Murmu from Mayurbanj district of Orissa had started this thing and there are lots of people in Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal who speak Santhali language. It is a very rich language for that matter.

You would kindly appreciate that the Santhalis are a proud and good people. You will find mention of the Santhalis in Harshcharitra of Banabhatta. Long back, it had been indicated there. They deserve some consideration now. The Bodo language, which has been in the Devnagri script, is a very good innovation and it is necessary. I would suggest that whichever languages are being taken up now in the Eighth Schedule should be in the Devnagri script because that would be a cementing bond for all the people of India. I support this Constitution (Amendment) Bill.

SHRI BAJU BAN RIYAN (TRIPURA EAST): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for calling me to speak on this Bill. I rise to support this Bill.

Actually this is a simple Bill, but I do not support the way the Government has brought this Bill. The Government has first entered into an agreement with the Bodo extremists. In this way, they have brought this Bill. They are encouraging terrorism in this way. I do not support this.

There are many developed and rich languages in the country. They should also be included. My senior colleague, Shri Kyndiah has also mentioned here that Khasia language should be included in the Eighth Schedule. Not only Khasia, but also in Tripura, there are Kok Barak languages which are spoken by indigenous tribal people of Tripura. The majority of the tribal people speak Kok Barak language. Among some of them, it is known as Kau Bru also. This is now used as an official language there.

As per my information, the Bodo language is not an official language of Assam. It is used by a portion of the people of Assam State. Their numbers may be a few lakhs. But in our country there are several languages which are spoken by lakhs and crores of people, but their languages are not considered to be included in this Eighth Schedule. Including them in the Eighth Schedule is necessary to develop the languages. It is necessary to get funds. It is necessary for other purposes. It encourages to develop their culture and language. So it is necessary. I support this good thing.  (Interruptions) Please give me two more minutes.

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MR. SPEAKER: The hon. Member is on his legs.

SHRI BAJU BAN RIYAN : Earlier, there was a Linguistic Minority Commission. They had made certain recommendations.  (Interruptions)

SHRI VIJAYENDRA PAL SINGH BADNORE : We are very much agitated about that.  (Interruptions)

SHRI BAJU BAN RIYAN : In one of the recommendations, it was said that for the people belonging to the minorities, their language should be the medium of instruction in the school if the number of students may be 40 or so. So, this type of concession should be there.  (Interruptions) The Government should think how these minority languages should be included in the Eighth Schedule.

SHRI SANSUMA KHUNGGUR BWISWMUTHIARY (KOKRAJHAR): Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am very much thankful to you for having given me an opportunity to speak on this very important Bill viz : " Constitution (one hundredth Amendment) Bill, 2003" which has been moved by the hon. Deputy Prime Minister, Shri L.K. Advani so as to help facilitate the inclusion of ''Bodo Language'' in the eighth schedule to the Constitution.

At the initial stage of my deliberation, I would like to thank the entire NDA Government, particularly Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister, Shri L.K. Advani, the hon. Deputy Prime Minister and other allies of the NDA Government for having taken such a bold decision to accommodate ''Bodo Language'' also in the eighth schedule to the Constitution.

And at the same time, I salute all the learned Members of this august House for their helping hand and co-operation in getting this important Bill passed in this august House on this most significant and historic day. Today, indeed, I personally feel highly honoured and the entire Bodo people of the whole world alo do surely feel so. It was long overdue and today, undoubtedly, it is going to be fulfilled. It is a welcome move.

The Bodo language is a very rich and ancient language. It belongs to the great Sino-Tibetan linguistic family. In the entire country about 90 lakh Bodo people speak the Bodo language and throughout the whole globe about ten million Bodo population speaks the Bodo language. So, it is a great honour for the entire Bodo people of the whole world. For this, I again thank the present NDA Government. b  BE vx BE +~ +xS  i BEx BE A V Ji BEn =~A MA, =BE A  ix BE BE + BBDi BEi c*  +{x +  + J b xMBE BE i{E  JBE |vx j g +] c V{, ={ |vx j g +bh, BExp Mc V j, g +<.b , g Sxxn  + AxbA BE BE  {]x BE n  cnBE v< ni c*   n BE b xMBE BE i{E  cnBE vxn ni c*

<xc n BE l  <  BE { iBEi  lx BEi c + +{  M BE b BE + Vxi BE i{E  + ABE  cV v< ni c* I salute you all for having extended your unequivocal support to passing this Bill.

b.MV B (=n{) : +vF cn, {c  b  BE +~ +xS  i cx BE Mi BEi c BEx +{x {  BBDi BEx Sci c BE n Vlx BE BE, BEi + Vlx BE +x BE BE i{E nJ i = ic Vlx BE   r  c c V <ic J M c + VBE ci  r c* cx BExp BE  - +{ BE BE Vlx  BE +~ +xS  i BE VA BEx V  l + i c l BE Vlx  BE l c nBc c+ c* <A  =x <ic k+, ciBE BE i{E  +{ BEi c BE Vlx  M BE Vlx  BE  +~ +xS  i BE VA*

g .vx\V BE (M) : +vF cn, c ABE M l* i  ci nx  i c + g +<b  x  BE +n c n BE l + BEc l BE ABE BEx ~ c* = BEx BE {] +x { <BE   nJM*  ={ |vx j V  xi BEi c BE i  BE  < i BE VA*

MR. SPEAKER: The voting has to take place at 4.30 p.m. Before that, the hon. Minister has to give his reply to the debate. It is already 4.29 p.m. How can I allow everybody to speak?

 (Interruptions)

g BEi Z +Wn (nM) : +vF cn, +{x Z x BE A  n, <BE A  +{BE vxn BEi c*  +{x +  + l BE f S BE M BE +  |vx j V BE +{x cBE BBDi BEi c V l  BE  +~ +xS  Vx BE A c |i BE +A c*(Bvx)

SHRI ALI MOHD. NAIK (ANANTNAG): Sir, I thank the Government for bringing forward this Bill to include the Bodo language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.  (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: The Government has taken note of it. Please take your seat.

 (Interruptions)g BEi Z +Wn : l  {x AicBE + BEiBE VMc c c* V VxBE(Bvx)

+vF cn : +{ BE ABE BD  Z nVA, BE  xc c*

g BEi Z +Wn : +v BE i BEi c, Z ABE  BE  c i  ABE x] BE  M*  F{  +{x i JM* V |i |vx j V BE +A c,  =BE {V lx BEi c* l-l  BEci c BE l + l AicBE + vBE o]  ci {x  c c*l  BE +{x { c c, +{x  c* M   V { BE ={M BE Vi c, c  l BE c* {E +,  +   +i c* l ABE A VMc c Vc { +n BESS V l V BE b g  c l* +vBE  xc c*  + |BE] BEx Sci c*  + |M] BEx BE A BEci c*  l   + |M] BEx ScM + +{BE cBE  BEM*  xx |vx j V BE vn BEi c*  l   xx |vx j V BE Pxn nx ScM*   l  BE i{E  xx |vx j V BE vn BEi c*

g Jx  (V) : +vF cn,  i BE i l BE i{E  + i BE i +n BE i{E  i BE |vx j, ={ |vx j + < nx BE l BE i{E  + +n BE i{E  + |M] BEi c* +V BE nx  AicBE nx c* SBE i BE vx  18 + BE xi n M< l* = ABE  +n  xc l* +V {c nx c BE b  + l  BE {  <x n +n + BE xi  c c* <xBE xi x  +n BE S  F BE |S cM + =xBE S V b{-+=] ] c, c Ji cM + Z Mi c BE =xBE +M fx BE + M* c M c c  i BE ]{i + v n BE xi    c + {] BE  l   BE ci vxn nx Sci c*  +{x + i l BE +  xx |vx j V BE vxn ni c*

*Today on behalf of the entire Santhals of India, I express my gratefulness to this Parliament and to this Government for bringing this Constitutional Amendment. I once again salute and thank them for taking this step*.

MR. SPEAKER: Now I have to go for voting.

 (Interruptions)

SHRI SOMNATH CHATTERJEE (BOLPUR): Please allow him. It is his own mother tongue.  (Interruptions)

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*-------* Original in Santhali.

SHRI K. YERRANNAIDU (SRIKAKULAM): Sir, I support the Bill introduced for inclusion of Bodo and three other languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

The hon. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Chandrababu Naidu, had written one letter to the hon. Prime Minister and to the hon. Deputy Prime Minister. It is our earnest desire that Telugu language also be given the status of national official language. It is already there in the Eighth Schedule. We have to amend article 351 of the Constitution.

Now, our language is spoken by about 14.5 crore of people in the country. Shri Krishna Devaraya, the popular Vijayanagara Emperor, hailed Telugu as the best of languages. The renowned Tamil poet Shri Subramanya Bharathi was deeply impressed by the richness and sweetness of the language so much so that he called it `Sundara Telugu.  (Interruptions)

SHRI SOMNATH CHATTERJEE (BOLPUR): It will depend on the composition of the next House.  (Interruptions)

SHRI K. YERRANNAIDU : So, that is why, on this occasion, I am requesting the hon. Prime Minister and the hon. Deputy Prime Minister to amend the article 351 to give the status of national official language to Telugu language. This is my humble request. On the 28^th August, 2002, the hon. Chief Minister had addressed the letter to the hon. Prime Minister.  (Interruptions)

SHRI SOMNATH CHATTERJEE : It will be in the next House.  (Interruptions)

b. P |n c () : +vF cn, 18 A {c  +~ b  c + S bM, l, l + b BE +V V] c* + 22 c M< c + V{ n BE +xi]  c + vx  c V n + n BE  -M c, c  c + vx  c, c BE U] M<? c  xc Z { c c* V{  BE v  BD +xnJ c< ? g ~BE V V{ BE BEn l, c  Z  xc +i BE V{  BE U] M< ? V{, +MBE, SBE + c   c A c* <  { BE BE S BEx ScA + V{  BE vx BE +~ S  b Vx ScA*

g {Sxn  (ZO) : +vF cn. l  BE +~ +xS  bx BE M c M BE  {x M l* < M BE BE x x  c <BE A  BE BE vxn nx Sci c* +  l   M* icx nx n AicBE nx BEx* i n x l BE +n BE BE Ax * x=n BEx * <]xx  x{ , Mn  c xi x : BE * =xBE c BE BE Ax * +x Ji BE vxn < A BEx *

+vF cn : Z i n BE +{x BD  c*

SHRI SOMNATH CHATTERJEE : Sir, translation should be introduced retrospectively now.  (Interruptions)

g {Sxn  : <BE i c BE i  Vix  l M c + Vix  n  cx  l M c,  J c*  <BE A BE BE vxn ni c*

SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM (THANJAVUR): Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of my party DMK, I welcome this amendment. Our leader, Dr. Kalaignar Karunanidhi wrote a letter to the hon. Prime Minister on so many occasions saying that all these languages which are there in the Eighth Schedule should be declared as official languages and particularly, Tamil must be declared as a classical language.

SHRI M.O.H. FAROOK (PONDICHERRY): Sir, I also join.

MR. SPEAKER: Your name will also be associated.

g |xl c (cVMV, c) : +vF cn, +V V  + c, =BE c |vx j V BE v< ni cA ABE xnx BEx Sci c* < nx  ABE vxBEh |i + l, VBE Mc V j V x =k n l BE ABE BE] xx V c c = Fj + BE +] +xS   BE VAM, <BE xh cM* 20 BE M V{  i c, V  16 BE M i  ci c* +J BE +v { + BE vx BE +] +xS   BE Vi c, BDBE n  16 BE M u V{   Vi c + nx  20 BE M c* <xBE x  ABE  Z V c BE +{ S + BE i +] +xS   BEx V c c, BEx V{ BE xc BE c c* ={ |vx j V +{x V ni cA BE{ iA BE +{ V{  BE, V 16 BE M u < n   Vi c, =BE  +] +xS   BEM*

DR. BIKRAM SARKAR (PANSKURA): Sir, while supporting this Constitution (Amendment) Bill, I congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister for having brought this amendment. At the same time, I would say that from the All India Trinamool Congress, we had been requesting for inclusion of Santhali and Maithili languages in the Eighth Schedule. Now, that has been done. I am very happy about it. So far as North Bengal is concerned, Rajbongshi is another important language and this should also be considered for inclusion. I also support that Bhojpuri should also be included.

g n + (+c) : {BE c,  ABE V  +{x i Ji BE nM*  BE BE < BEn BE BE BEi c* <BE l-l  BE  i BEi c BE =n +~ b   c, BEx cxnix BE ABE  iBE =n Vx i c*  i BEi c BE =n BE n BE Vx BE nV nx ScA + +~ b  {x BE   BEx ScA*

SHRI IQBAL AHMED SARADGI (GULBARGA): Sir, I associate with him.

SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Sir, I support this amendment which the Government has brought after our prolonged persuasion and struggle outside this House. There was a demand from the West Bengal Government also and a unanimous resolution was passed by the West Bengal Assembly two years back. An all-party delegation also met Prime Minister as well as Deputy Prime Minister. My party is the only national party which has demanded inclusion of Santhali language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

SHRI K. YERRANNAIDU (SRIKAKULAM): Sir, our party also demanded for its inclusion in the Eighth Schedule.

SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Sir, this is one of the oldest languages and its rank is counted among the Indian languages.

MR. SPEAKER: The hon. Minister has already agreed to it and he has already said that.

SHRI BASU DEB ACHARIA (BANKURA): Today, I thank the Government for bringing forward this Amendment to include the Santhali language in the Constitution, though it is a belated move by the Government. It is a language which is spoken by about one crore Santhali tribal population, which fought for the freedom of our country. Sidu-Kanu, who belong to this Santhali community, went to gallows for the freedom of our country. Today, their language is now being recognised and being included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.

I thank the Government for this action. I congratulate the people who struggled for inclusion of the Santhali language in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.

g ii Sin (JVc) : +vF cn, S x + BE +~ +xS  Vx   BE c lx BEi c* xx + +  BE +~ +xS  Vx BE n x V M BE c, =xBE  +~ +xS  V VA* n  BE +{x <ic + ci c V BE  U{ c+ xc c* n  BE  vx BE +~ +xS  V VA*  BE  +{BE v  xnx BEx Sci c BE <   ABE i x< VA V BE< ZM  n x c* n BE xx Fj  V   A c =xBE M + +BEi BE nJi cA i u =x { O {  Six + +vx BE VA + BcBE o]  V A +~ +xS  Vx M x VA, =x { ABE l xh BE =xBE +~ +xS  V VA*

g SxpBEi J (+Mn, c]) : +nh +vF V, xx +bh V V  A c x BE +   =BE lx BEi c* b  BE V x , =BE A vxn* c c  xx |vx j V x cn  BE   ABE ]]] n c = {  +SU ic  S cx ScA* cn  n BE |vx  c, <A = {  S cx ScA*

SHRI P.H. PANDIAN (TIRUNELVELI): While speaking on this Amendment, I take this opportunity to demand that Tamil should be declared as a classical language and it should be included as an official language. Tamil is the oldest language. It has got the richest tradition and rich literature. It is three thousand years old: Thirukkural and the Tamilians are the oldest people, according to the ancient Tamil Sangam literature. It is being spoken by about 10 crores of people in Tamil Nadu and all over India. On this score, my leader, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr. Jayalalithaa has submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister and to the Deputy Prime Minister that Tamil should be declared as a classical language. I would request the Prime Minister to declare it now.

g V x ({EVn) : +vF cn, 18 + BE +iBDi 4 + + BE vx BE +~ +xS  Vx { c BE BE lx BEi c* xx |vx j V V Fj BE cx  c = V- BE x xc  c* V c Fj c Vc BEh {n cA + V- ABE r  c* c <BE BEix Ji c + BE M =  BE i c* Jx x J c BE " x c i c Jx  V MBE M BE Mx, V { c i BEc   S xi xn BE vx Zx*" |vx j V V Fj  +i c = V  BE +~ +xS  V VA, < = Fj BE M BE l x cM*

SARDAR SIMRANJIT SINGH MANN (SANGRUR): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Bill, but I also want the Pahadi language to be included in the Eighth Schedule from Himachal Pradesh.

g h {n  (+bx + xBE u{ c) : +vF cn, {U    xBE ]<  + BEx ( KAREN)   V c c*  +xv c BE <x nx BE vx BE 8 b  V VA*

F j  V j (|. Sx  M{i) : +vF cn,  +{BE + c BE +{x Z x BE A  n* c  BE M BE  c + 8 b  ci {c  c Vx ScA* c BE BE n BE Mc<  vxn ni c* bM x < BE BE { n BE x >S BE c* <  BE 8 b   BEBE =x  BEx BE x n c BE x * <BE A  BE BE vxn ni c*

g n +~ ({f{) : cn,   ni M BE +  BE BE +xxnx BEi c* <x + BE 8 +xS   BEx BE M ci {c  l* + +{BE ix V  {Ei  c, <A +{ J c* +BE BE +vF  c + +] V c ci J c* +{x J cx BE n V xh  c, c ci +SU xh c*  BE BE {E  ni BE +  +xxnx BEi c* < |BE c]  BEBEh  i {c  c c, BEx x BE   BEx ScA* <  BE  BEx { BE BE S BEx ScA*

g V.A.xi ({xxx) : cn,  <  BE JBEn BEi c* < S  +  Vx  BE V* <BE +  BEcx c, V Vx 8 b  c, =xBE {E, =xBE iBDBE BE A BE BE BEU BE BEx ScA, x ]] xBE i c VAM* BE <BE A BE BE* {x BE   BEx ScA* =n BE +{E MV   cx ScA* <   |<]  Vx BE ici  { BE M c*

MR. SPEAKER: I now go to the consideration stage.

Before I put the motion for consideration of the Bill to the vote of the House, I may inform the House that this being a Constitution (Amendment) Bill, voting has to be by division.

I would request the hon. Minister to speak before we start voting.

g hBE cb Mi (xxn) :  *

g BEh +bh : x +x + BE S  nJ c*

A 33  c VxBE bb c VxBE x +~ +xS  V Vx c*   BEi c BE BE x BE nx   <x V n VM*

+vF V,   xx n BE + |BE] BEi c Vxcx <x S + BE lx BE c*

MR. SPEAKER: So, I proceed with the voting.

Let the lobbies be cleared--

 (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: Please keep quiet now. You cannot say this, if I become straight.

Now, we are waiting for the lobbies to be cleared. As soon as the lobbies are cleared, we will start the voting process.

I have permitted maximum Members to speak.

 (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: There is no enmity against the Members from Assam. Please sit down now.

 (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: Let your Party give your name and I will permit you to speak.

 (Interruptions)

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI (RAIGANJ): I gave his name.  (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: I am telling him about the next occasion.

 (Interruptions)

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI : Shri Rajbangshis name has been given.  (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: I have permitted four hon. Members of your Party to speak.

 (Interruptions)

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI : You have called the Member whose name I did not give.  (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: I do not think, there is any necessity of following the procedure of declaring the procedure of voting again. Therefore, we will go for voting now.

Now, the Lobbies have been cleared.

The question is:

"That the Bill further to amend the Constitution of India, be taken into consideration."
The Lok Sabha divided:

DIVISION NO. 9 AYES Time : 16.56 hrs.A.Narendra, Shri

Abdullakutty, Shri A.P.

Acharia, Shri Basu Deb

Adhi Sankar, Shri

Aditya Nath, Yogi

*Adsul, Shri Anandrao Vithoba

Advani, Shri L.K.

Aiyar, Shri Mani Shankar

Alvi, Shri Rashid

Ambedkar, Shri PrakashYashwant

Ananth Kumar, Shri

Angle,Shri Ramakant

Argal,Shri Ashok

Arya, Dr.(Shrimati) Anita

Athawale, Shri Ramdas

Atkinson,Shri Denzil B.

Azad,Shri Kiriti Jha

Baalu, Shri T.R.

Bachda, Shri Bachi Singh Rawat

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* Voted through slip

Badnore, Shri Vijayendra Pal Singh

Bainda, Shri Ramchander

Bais, Shri Ramesh

Banatwalla, Shri G.M

Banerjee, Kumari Mamta

Banerjee,Shrimati Jayashree

Bansal, Shri Pawan Kumar

Barwala,Shri Surendra Singh

Basavanagoud, Shri Kolur

Basavaraj, Shri G.S.

Basu, Shri Anil

Bhadana, Shri Avtar Singh

*Bhagat, Prof. Dukha

Bhagora, Shri Tarachand

Bhargava, Shri Girdhri Lal

Bhatia, Shri R.L.

Bhuria, Shri Kantilal

Bind, Shri Ram Rati

Bishnoi, Shri Jaswant Singh

Bose,Shrimati Krishna

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* Voted through slip

Brar, Shri J.S.

Bwiswmuthiary, Shri Sansuma Khunggur

Suguna Kumari,Dr. (Shrimati)

Chakraborty, Shri Ajoy

Chakravarty, Shrimati Bijoya

Chandel, Shri Suresh

Catterjee, Shri Somnath

Chaturvedi, Shri Satyavrat

Chaubey, Shri Lal Muni

Chaudhary, Shri Haribhai

Chaudhary, Shri Ram Raghunath

Chaudhary, Shri Ram Tahal

Chaudhri, Shri Manibhai Ramjibhai

Chauhan, Shri Nandkumar Singh

Chauhan, Shri Shriram

Chennithala, Shri Ramesh

Chikhalia, Shrimati Bhavnaben Devrajbhai

Choudhary, Col.(Retd.) Sona Ram

Choudhary, Shri Nikhil Kumar

Choudhary, Shrimati Reena

Choudhry,Shri Padam Sen

Chouhan, Shri Nihal Chand

Chouhan, Shri Shivraj Singh

Chowdhary, Shri Adhir

Chowdhary, Shrimati Santosh

Chowdhury, Shri Bikash C

Cowdhury, Shrimati Renuka

Das, Shri Alakesh

Das, Shri Khagen

Das, Shri Nepal Chandra

Dasmunsi, Shri Priya Ranjan

Dattatraya, Shri Bandaru

Delkar, Shri Mohan S.

Deo, Shri Bikram Keshari

Dev, Shri Sontosh Mohan

Dhikale, Shri Uttamrao

Diler, Shri Kishan Lal

Diwathe, Shri Namdeo Harbaji

Dudi, Shri Rameshwar

Elangovan, Shri P.D.

Fernandes, Shri George

Gadhavi, Shri P.S.

Galib, Shri G.S.

Gamang, Shrimati Hema

Gandhi, Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal

Gandhi, Shrimati Maneka

Gandhi, Shrimati Sonia

Gangwar, Shri Santosh Kumar

Gautam, Shrimati Sheela

Gavit, Shri Manikrao Hodlya

Gavit, Shri Ramdas Rupala

Geete, Shri Anant Gangaram

Gehlot, Shri Thawar Chand

Ghatowar, Shri Paban Singh

Goel, Shri Vijay

Gogoi, Shri Dip

Gohain, Shri Rajen

Govindan, Shri T.

Gudhe, Shri Anant

Gupta, Prof.Chaman Lal

Hamid, Shri Abdul

Handique, Shri Bijoy

Haque, Mohammad Anwarul

Hussain, Shri Syed Shahnawaz

Jadhav, Shri Suresh Ramrao

Jag Mohan, Shri

Jagannath, Dr. Manda

Jain, Shri Pusp

Jaiswal, Dr. M.P.

Jaiswal, Shri Shankar Prasad

Jaiswal, Shri Shriprakash

Jalappa, Shri R.L.

Jatiya, Dr.Satyanarayan

Javiya, Shri G.J.

Jayaseelan, Dr.A.D.K.

Jos, Shri A.C.

Kaliappan, Shri K.K.

Kannappan, Shri M.

Kashyap, Shri Bali Ram

Kaswan, Shri Ram Singh

Katara, Shri Babubhai K.

Kataria, Shri Rattan Lal

Kathiria, Dr. Vallabhbhai

Kaushal, Shri Raghuvir Singh

Khaire, Shri Chandrakant

Khan, Shri Abul Hasnat

Khan, Shri Hassan

Khan, Shri Sunil

Khandelwal, Shri Vijay Kumar

Khandoker, Shri Akbor Ali

Khanduri, Maj.Gen.(Retd.) B.C.

Khanna, Shri Vinod

Khurana, Shri Madan Lal

Kriplani, Shri Shrichand

Krishnamraju, Shri

Krishnan, Dr. C.

Krishnaswamy, Shri A.

Kulaste, Shri Faggan Singh

Kumar, Shri Arun

Kumar, Shri V. Dhananjaya

Kuppusami, Shri C.

Kusmaria, Dr. Ramkrishna

Kyndiah, Shri P.R.

Lahiri, Shri Samik (Diamond Harbour)

M.Master Mathan, Shri

Mahajan, Shri Y.G.

Mahajan, Shrimati Sumitra

Mahale, Shri Haribhau Shankar

Mahant, Dr. Charan Das

Maharia, Shri Subhash

Mahato, Shri Bir Singh

Mahto, Shrimati Abha

*Makwana, Shri Savshibhai

Malhotra, Dr. Vijay Kumar

Malyala, Shri Rajaiah

Mandal, Shri Brahma Nand

*Mane, Shri Shivaji

Manjay Lal, Shri

Manjhi, Shri Ramjee

Mann, Sardar Simranjit Singh

Mann, Shri Zora Singh

Meena, Shri Bherulal

Meena, Shrimati Jas Kaur

Meghwal, Shri Kailash

Mehta, Shrimati Jayawanti

Mishra, Shri Ram Nagina

Mishra, Shri Shyam Bihari

Mistry, Shri Madhusudan

Mohan, Shri P.

_______________________________________________________________

* Voted through slips

Mohite, Shri Subodh

*Mohitepatil, Shri Pratapsinh

Mollah, Shri Hannan

Mookherjee, Shri Satya Brata

Moorthy, Shri A.K.

Munda, Shri Kariya

Muni Lall, Shri

Murmu, Shri Rupchand

Murmu, Shri Salkhan

Murugesan, Shri S.

*Nagmani, Shri

Naik, Shri Ali Mohd.

Naik, Shri Ram

Naik, Shri Shripad Yesso

*Narah, Shrimati Ranee

Nayak, Shri Ananta

Nitish Kumar, Shri

Ola, Shri Sis Ram

Oram, Shri Jual

Osmani, Shri A.F. Golam

______________________________________________________________

* Voted through slips

Pal, Dr. Mahendra Singh

Pal, Shri Rupchand

Palanimanickam, Shri S.S.

Panda, Shri Prabodh

Pandey, Shri Ravindra Kumar

Pandeya, Dr. Laxminarayan

Pandian, Shri P.H.

Panja, Dr. Ranjit Kumar

Passi,Shri Raj Narain

Paswan,Dr. Sanjay

Patasani, Dr.Prasanna Kumar

Patel, Dr. Ashok

Patel, Shri Chandresh

Patel, Shri Dahyabhai Vallabhbhai

Patel, Shri Deepak

Patel, Shri Prahlad Singh

Pathak, Shri Harin

Patil, Shri Annasaheb M.K.

Patil, Shri Balasaheb Vikhe

*Patil (Yatnal), Shri Basangouda R.

_____________________________________________________________

* Voted through slip

Patil, Shri Bhaskarrao

Patil, Shri Danve Raosaheb

Patil, Shri Jaysingrao Gaikwad

Patil, Shri Prakash V.

Patil, Shri Uttamrao

Patwa, Shri Sundar Lal

Ponnuswamy, Shri E.

Potai, Shri Sohan

Prabhu, Shri Suresh

Pradhan, Dr. Debendra

Pradhan, Shri Ashok

Pramanik, Prof. R.R.

Premajam, Prof. A.K.

Radhakrishnan, Shri Varkala

Raja, Shri A.

Rajbangshi, Shri Madhab

Rajukhedi, Shri Gajendra Singh

Ram Sajivan, Shri

Ram, Shri Braj Mohan

Ramaiah, Dr. B.B.

Ramachandran, Shri Gingee N.

Ramshakal, Shri

Rana, Shri Kashiram

Rana, Shri Raju

Rao, Shri Ch.Vidyasagar

Rao, Dr. D.V.G.Shankar

Rao, Shri S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana

Rao, Shri Y.V.

Rashtrapal, Shri Pravin

Rathwa, Shri Ramsinh

Rau, Shrimati Prabha

Ravi, Shri Sheesh Ram Singh

Rawale, Shri Mohan

Rawat, Prof. Rasa Singh

Rawat, Shri Pradeep

Rawat, Shri Ramsagar

Ray, Shri Bishnu Pada

Reddy, Shri A.P.Jithender

*Reddy, Shri N. Janardhana

Renu Kumari, Shrimati

Riyan, Shri Baju Ban

Rudy, Shri Rajiv Pratap

____________________________________________________________

* Voted through slip

Sahu, Shri Anadi

Sahu, Shri Tarachand

Sai, Shri Vishnudeo

Sanadi, Prof. I.G.

Sanghani, Shri Dileep

Sangwan, Shri Kishan Singh

Sar, Shri Nikhilananda

Saradgi, Shri Iqbal Ahmed

Sarkar, Dr. Bikram

Saroj, Shri Tufani

Sathi, Shri Harpal Singh

Sayeed, Shri P.M.

Sengupta, Dr.Nitish

Sethi, Shri Arjun Charan

Shandil, Col.(Retd.)Dr. Dhani Ram

Shanmugam, Shri N.T.

Shanta Kumar, Shri

Sharma, Capt. Satish

Sikdar, Shri Tapan

*Singh Deo, Shri K.P.

_____________________________________________________________

* Voted through slip

Singh Deo, Shrimati Sangeeta Kumari

Singh, Capt. (Retd.) Inder

Singh, Ch.Tejveer

Singh, Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad

Singh, Dr. Ram Lakhan

Singh, Kunwar Akhilesh

Singh, Shri Bahadur

Singh, Shri Brij Bhushan Sharan

Singh, Shri Charanjit

Singh, Shri Chhattrapal

Singh, Shri Digvijay

Singh, Shri Khel Sai

Singh, Shri Lakshman

Singh, Shri Maheshwar

Singh, Shri Prabhunath

Singh, Shri Radha Mohan

Singh, Shri Ramanand

Singh, Shri Ramjivan

Singh, Shri Rampal

Singh, Shri Th. Chaoba

Singh, Shri Tilakdhari Prasad

Singh, Shrimati Kanti

Singh, Shrimati Shyama

Sinha, Shri Manoj

Sinha, Shri Yashwant

Solanki, Shri Bhupendrasinh

Somaiya, Shri Kirit

Sorake, Shri Vinay Kumar

Srikantappa, Shri D.C.

Subba, Shri M.K.

Sudarsana Natchiappan, Shri E.M.

Suman, Shri Ramji Lal

Sunil Dutt, Shri

Suresh, Shri Kodikunnil

Swain, Shri Kharabela

Swami Chinmayanand, Shri

Swami, Shri I.D.

Thakkar, Shrimati Jayaben B.

Thakor, Shri Punjaji Sadaji

Thakur, Dr. C.P.

Thakur, Shri Chunni Lal Bhai

Thirunavukkarasar, Shri Su

Thomas, Shri P.C.

Tiwari, Shri Lal Bihari

Tiwari, Shri Sunder Lal

Tomar, Dr. Ramesh Chand

Topdar, Shri Tarit Baran

Tripathee, Shri Ram Naresh

Tirpathi, Shri Prakash Mani

Tripathy, Shri Braja Kishore

Tur, Shri Tarlochan Singh

Vaghela, Shri Shankersinh

Vajpayee, Shri Atal Bihari

Varma, Sh. Ratilal Kalidas

Vasava, Shri Mansukhbhai D.

Veerappa, Shri Ramchandra

Venkataswamy, Dr. N.

Venkateshwarlu, Shri B.

Venkateswarlu, Prof. Ummareddy

Venugopal, Shri D.

Verma, Dr. Sahib Singh

Verma, Prof. Rita

Verma, Shri Ravi Prakash

Vijayan, Shri A.K.S.

Virendra Kumar, Shri

Vyas, Dr. Girija

Wanaga, Shri Chintaman

Yadav, Dr.(Shrimati) Sudha

Yadav, Dr.Jaswant Singh

Yadav, Shri Devendra Prasad

Yadav, Shri Hukumdeo Narayan

Yadav, Shri Sharad

Yerrannaidu, Shri K.

Zahedi, Shri Mahboob

Zawma, Shri Vanlal

NOES

Nil

MR. SPEAKER: Subject to correction*, the result of the division is:

Ayes : 335

Noes : Nil.

The motion is carried by a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Members present and voting.

The motion was adopted.

Clause 2 Amendment ofEighth Schedule

Amendment made:

At page 1, for lines 5-7, substitute

existing entry 3 shall be re-numbered as entry 5, and before entry 5 as so re-numbered, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:-

"3. Bodo.
4. Dogri.";
existing entries 4 to 7 shall respectively be re-numbered as entries 6 to 9;
existing entry 8 shall be re-numbered as entry 11 and before entry 11 as so re-numbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:-

"10. Maithili.";
existing entries 9 to 14 shall respectively be re-numbered as entries 12 to 17;

________________________________________________________________
* AYES : 335+ Shri Anandrao Vithoba Adsul, Prof. Dukha Bhagat, Shri Savshibhai Makhwana, Shri Shivaji Mane, Shri Pratapsinh Mohitepatil, Shri Nagmani, Shrimati Ranee Narah, Shri Basangouda R. Patil (Yatnal), Shri N. Janardhana Reddy and Shri K.P. Singh Deo recorded their votes through slips = 345
NOES : Nil
existing entry 15 shall be re-numbered as entry 19 and before entry 19 as so re-numbered, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:-

"18. Santhali."
existing entries 16 to 18 shall respectively be re-numbered as entries 20 to 22. (4)

(Shri L. K. Advani)
MR. SPEAKER: There is an observation regarding amendment nos. 1 and 2 to clause 2, given notice of by Shri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi and Shri Basu Deb Acharia.

Shri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi and Shri Basu Deb Acharia have also tabled notices of two identical amendments to clause 2. Their amendments seek to include Santhali language to the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. With the adoption of the Government amendment no. 4, the object of the Members to get the Santhali language included in the Eighth Schedule has been achieved. I am, therefore, not calling the Members to move their amendment nos. 1 and 2.

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI (RAIGANJ): Sir, I am thankful to the Government for accepting the amendment. Since you did not give me a chance to speak, I will only request the hon. Home Minister to consider this. He is taking care of the national security. There is an ethnic passion among the Rajbangshi community of North Bengal in which Kamthapuri movement is going on and people have been shouting day in and day out. I request the hon. Home Minister to contain the agitation and also to please consider that. If the House is not dissolved before the next Session, he may kindly consider the matter of the Rajbangshi community and its language, in its merit.

So, my only humble submission is this. I represent that region; people are threatening every day. Why should the hon. Home Minister not consider this matter? I humbly appeal to the hon. Home Minister to consider this.

MR. SPEAKER: Okay. The Lobbies are already cleared.

The question is:

"That clause 2, as amended, stand part of the Bill."

The Lok Sabha divided:

DIVISION NO. 10 AYES Time: 16.58 hrs.

A.Narendra, Shri

Abdullakutty, Shri A.P.

Acharia, Shri Basu Deb

Adhi Sankar, Shri

Aditya Nath, Yogi

Adsul, Shri Anandrao Vithoba

Advani, Shri L.K.

Aiyar, Shri Mani Shankar

Alvi, Shri Rashid

Ambedkar, Shri PrakashYashwant

Ananth Kumar, Shri

*Angle,Shri Ramakant

Argal,Shri Ashok

Arya, Dr.(Shrimati) Anita

Athawale, Shri Ramdas

Atkinson,Shri Denzil B.

Azad,Shri Kiriti Jha

Baalu, Shri T.R.

Bachda, Shri Bachi Singh Rawat

________________________________________________________________

* Voted through slip

Badnore, Shri Vijayendra Pal Singh

Bainda, Shri Ramchander

Bais, Shri Ramesh

Banatwalla, Shri G.M

Banerjee, Kumari Mamta

Banerjee,Shrimati Jayashree

Bansal, Shri Pawan Kumar

Barwala,Shri Surendra Singh

Basavanagoud, Shri Kolur

Basavaraj, Shri G.S.

Basu, Shri Anil

Bhadana, Shri Avtar Singh

Bhagat, Prof. Dukha

Bhagora, Shri Tarachand

Bhargava, Shri Girdhri Lal

Bhatia, Shri R.L.

Bhuria, Shri Kantilal

Bind, Shri Ram Rati

Bishnoi, Shri Jaswant Singh

Bose,Shrimati Krishna

Brar, Shri J.S.

Bwiswmuthiary, Shri Sansuma Khunggur

Suguna Kumari,Dr. (Shrimati)

Chakraborty, Shri Ajoy

Chakravarty, Shrimati Bijoya

Chandel, Shri Suresh

Catterjee, Shri Somnath

Chaturvedi, Shri Satyavrat

Chaubey, Shri Lal Muni

Chaudhary, Shri Haribhai

Chaudhary, Shri Ram Raghunath

Chaudhary, Shri Ram Tahal

Chaudhri, Shri Manibhai Ramjibhai

Chauhan, Shri Nandkumar Singh

Chauhan, Shri Shriram

Chennithala, Shri Ramesh

Chikhalia, Shrimati Bhavnaben Devrajbhai

Choudhary, Col.(Retd.) Sona Ram

Choudhary, Shri Nikhil Kumar

Choudhary, Shrimati Reena

Choudhry,Shri Padam Sen

Chouhan, Shri Nihal Chand

Chouhan, Shri Shivraj Singh

Chowdhary, Shri Adhir

Chowdhary, Shrimati Santosh

Chowdhury, Shri Bikash C

Cowdhury, Shrimati Renuka

Das, Shri Alakesh

Das, Shri Khagen

Das, Shri Nepal Chandra

Dasmunsi, Shri Priya Ranjan

Dattatraya, Shri Bandaru

Delkar, Shri Mohan S.

Deo, Shri Bikram Keshari

Dev, Shri Sontosh Mohan

Dhikale, Shri Uttamrao

Diler, Shri Kishan Lal

Diwathe, Shri Namdeo Harbaji

Dudi, Shri Rameshwar

Elangovan, Shri P.D.

Farook, Shri M.O.H.

Fernandes, Shri George

Gadhavi, Shri P.S.

Galib, Shri G.S.

Gamang, Shrimati Hema

Gandhi, Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal

Gandhi, Shrimati Maneka

Gandhi, Shrimati Sonia

Gangwar, Shri Santosh Kumar

Gautam, Shrimati Sheela

Gavit, Shri Manikrao Hodlya

Gavit, Shri Ramdas Rupala

Geete, Shri Anant Gangaram

Gehlot, Shri Thawar Chand

Ghatowar, Shri Paban Singh

Goel, Shri Vijay

Gogoi, Shri Dip

Gohain, Shri Rajen

Govindan, Shri T.

Gudhe, Shri Anant

*Gupta, Prof.Chaman Lal

Hamid, Shri Abdul

Handique, Shri Bijoy

Haque, Mohammad Anwarul

Hussain, Shri Syed Shahnawaz

_______________________________________________________________

* Voted through slip

*Jadhav, Shri Suresh Ramrao

Jag Mohan, Shri

Jagannath, Dr. Manda

Jain, Shri Pusp

Jaiswal, Dr. M.P.

Jaiswal, Shri Shankar Prasad

Jaiswal, Shri Shriprakash

Jalappa, Shri R.L.

Jatiya, Dr.Satyanarayan

Javiya, Shri G.J.

Jayaseelan, Dr.A.D.K.

Jos, Shri A.C.

Kaliappan, Shri K.K.

Kannappan, Shri M.

Kashyap, Shri Bali Ram

Kaswan, Shri Ram Singh

Katara, Shri Babubhai K.

Kataria, Shri Rattan Lal

Kathiria, Dr. Vallabhbhai

Kaushal, Shri Raghuvir Singh

______________________________________________________________

* Voted through slip

Khaire, Shri Chandrakant

Khan, Shri Abul Hasnat

Khan, Shri Hassan

Khan, Shri Sunil

Khandelwal, Shri Vijay Kumar

Khandoker, Shri Akbor Ali

Khanduri, Maj.Gen.(Retd.) B.C.

Khanna, Shri Vinod

Khurana, Shri Madan Lal

Kriplani, Shri Shrichand

Krishnamraju, Shri

Krishnan, Dr. C.

Krishnaswamy, Shri A.

Kulaste, Shri Faggan Singh

Kumar, Shri Arun

Kumar, Shri V. Dhananjaya

Kuppusami, Shri C.

Kusmaria, Dr. Ramkrishna

Kyndiah, Shri P.R.

Lahiri, Shri Samik (Diamond Harbour)

M.Master Mathan, Shri

Mahajan, Shri Y.G.

Mahajan, Shrimati Sumitra

Mahale, Shri Haribhau Shankar

Mahant, Dr. Charan Das

Maharia, Shri Subhash

Mahato, Shri Bir Singh

Mahto, Shrimati Abha

*Makwana, Shri Savshibhai

Malhotra, Dr. Vijay Kumar

Malyala, Shri Rajaiah

Mandal, Shri Brahma Nand

Mane, Shri Shivaji

Manjay Lal, Shri

Manjhi, Shri Ramjee

Mann, Sardar Simranjit Singh

Mann, Shri Zora Singh

Meena, Shri Bherulal

Meena, Shrimati Jas Kaur

Meghwal, Shri Kailash

Mehta, Shrimati Jayawanti

_____________________________________________________________

* Voted through slip

Mishra, Shri Ram Nagina

Mishra, Shri Shyam Bihari

Mistry, Shri Madhusudan

Mohan, Shri P.

Mohite, Shri Subodh

*Mohitepatil, Shri Pratapsinh

Mollah, Shri Hannan

Mookherjee, Shri Satya Brata

Moorthy, Shri A.K.

Munda, Shri Kariya

Muni Lall, Shri

*Murmu, Shri Rupchand

Murmu, Shri Salkhan

Murugesan, Shri S.

*Nagmani, Shri

Naik, Shri Ali Mohd.

Naik, Shri Ram

Naik, Shri Shripad Yesso

Narah, Shrimati Ranee

Nayak, Shri Ananta

________________________________________________________________

* Voted through slips

Nitish Kumar, Shri

Ola, Shri Sis Ram

Oram, Shri Jual

Osmani, Shri A.F. Golam

Pal, Dr. Mahendra Singh

Pal, Shri Rupchand

Palanimanickam, Shri S.S.

Panda, Shri Prabodh

Pandey, Shri Ravindra Kumar

Pandeya, Dr. Laxminarayan

Pandian, Shri P.H.

Panja, Dr. Ranjit Kumar

Passi,Shri Raj Narain

Paswan,Dr. Sanjay

Patasani, Dr.Prasanna Kumar

Patel, Dr. Ashok

Patel, Shri Chandresh

Patel, Shri Dahyabhai Vallabhbhai

Patel, Shri Deepak

Patel, Shri Prahlad Singh

Pathak, Shri Harin

Patil, Shri Annasaheb M.K.

Patil, Shri Balasaheb Vikhe

*Patil (Yatnal), Shri Basangouda R.

Patil, Shri Bhaskarrao

Patil, Shri Danve Raosaheb

Patil, Shri Jaysingrao Gaikwad

Patil, Shri Laxmanrao

Patil, Shri Prakash V.

Patil, Shri Uttamrao

*Patwa, Shri Sundar Lal

Ponnuswamy, Shri E.

Potai, Shri Sohan

Prabhu, Shri Suresh

Pradhan, Dr. Debendra

Pradhan, Shri Ashok

Pramanik, Prof. R.R.

Premajam, Prof. A.K.

Radhakrishnan, Shri Varkala

Raja, Shri A.

Rajbangshi, Shri Madhab

Rajukhedi, Shri Gajendra Singh

________________________________________________________________

* Voted through slips

Ram Sajivan, Shri

Ram, Shri Braj Mohan

Ramaiah, Dr. B.B.

Ramachandran, Shri Gingee N.

Ramshakal, Shri

Rana, Shri Kashiram

Rana, Shri Raju

Rao, Shri Ch.Vidyasagar

Rao, Dr. D.V.G.Shankar

Rao, Shri S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana

Rao, Shri Y.V.

Rashtrapal, Shri Pravin

Rathwa, Shri Ramsinh

Rau, Shrimati Prabha

Ravi, Shri Sheesh Ram Singh

Rawale, Shri Mohan

Rawat, Prof. Rasa Singh

Rawat, Shri Pradeep

Rawat, Shri Ramsagar

Ray, Shri Bishnu Pada

Reddy, Shri A.P.Jithender

Reddy, Shri N. Janardhana

Renu Kumari, Shrimati

Riyan, Shri Baju Ban

Rudy, Shri Rajiv Pratap

Sahu, Shri Anadi

Sahu, Shri Tarachand

Sai, Shri Vishnudeo

Sanadi, Prof. I.G.

Sanghani, Shri Dileep

Sangwan, Shri Kishan Singh

Sar, Shri Nikhilananda

Saradgi, Shri Iqbal Ahmed

Sarkar, Dr. Bikram

Saroj, Shri Tufani

Sathi, Shri Harpal Singh

Sayeed, Shri P.M.

Sengupta, Dr.Nitish

Sethi, Shri Arjun Charan

Shandil, Col.(Retd.)Dr. Dhani Ram

Shanmugam, Shri N.T.

Shanta Kumar, Shri

Sharma, Capt. Satish

Sikdar, Shri Tapan

Singh Deo, Shri K.P.

Singh Deo, Shrimati Sangeeta Kumari

Singh, Capt. (Retd.) Inder

Singh, Ch.Tejveer

Singh, Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad

Singh, Dr. Ram Lakhan

Singh, Kunwar Akhilesh

Singh, Shri Bahadur

Singh, Shri Brij Bhushan Sharan

Singh, Shri Chhattrapal

Singh, Shri Digvijay

Singh, Shri Khel Sai

Singh, Shri Lakshman

Singh, Shri Maheshwar

Singh, Shri Prabhunath

Singh, Shri Radha Mohan

Singh, Shri Ramanand

Singh, Shri Ramjivan

Singh, Shri Rampal

Singh, Shri Th. Chaoba

Singh, Shri Tilakdhari Prasad

Singh, Shrimati Kanti

Singh, Shrimati Shyama

Sinha, Shri Manoj

Sinha, Shri Yashwant

Solanki, Shri Bhupendrasinh

Somaiya, Shri Kirit

Sorake, Shri Vinay Kumar

Srikantappa, Shri D.C.

Subba, Shri M.K.

Sudarsana Natchiappan, Shri E.M.

Suman, Shri Ramji Lal

Sunil Dutt, Shri

Suresh, Shri Kodikunnil

Swain, Shri Kharabela

Swami Chinmayanand, Shri

Swami, Shri I.D.

Thakkar, Shrimati Jayaben B.

Thakor, Shri Punjaji Sadaji

Thakur, Dr. C.P.

Thakur, Shri Chunni Lal Bhai

Thirunavukkarasar, Shri Su

Thomas, Shri P.C.

Tiwari, Shri Lal Bihari

Tiwari, Shri Sunder Lal

Tomar, Dr. Ramesh Chand

Topdar, Shri Tarit Baran

Tripathee, Shri Ram Naresh

Tirpathi, Shri Prakash Mani

Tripathy, Shri Braja Kishore

Tur, Shri Tarlochan Singh

Vaghela, Shri Shankersinh

Vajpayee, Shri Atal Bihari

Varma, Sh. Ratilal Kalidas

Vasava, Shri Mansukhbhai D.

Veerappa, Shri Ramchandra

Venkataswamy, Dr. N.

Venkateshwarlu, Shri B.

Venkateswarlu, Prof. Ummareddy

Venugopal, Shri D.

Verma, Dr. Sahib Singh

Verma, Prof. Rita

Verma, Shri Ravi Prakash

Vijayan, Shri A.K.S.

Virendra Kumar, Shri

Vyas, Dr. Girija

Wanaga, Shri Chintaman

Yadav, Dr.(Shrimati) Sudha

Yadav, Dr.Jaswant Singh

Yadav, Shri Devendra Prasad

Yadav, Shri Hukumdeo Narayan

Yadav, Shri Sharad

Yerrannaidu, Shri K.

Zahedi, Shri Mahboob

Zawma, Shri Vanlal

NOES

Nil

17.00 hrs.

MR. SPEAKER: Subject to correction*, the result of the division is:

Ayes : 337

Noes : Nil

The motion is carried by a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Members present and voting.

The motion was adopted.

Clause 2, as amended, was added to the Bill.

Clause 1 Short Title

Amendment made:

Page 1, line 3,-

For "One-Hundredth"

Substitute "Ninety-second" (3)

(Shri L.K. Advani)

MR. SPEAKER: The question is:

"That clause 1, as amended, stand part of the Bill."

The motion was adopted.

Clause 1, as amended, was added to the Bill.

The Enacting Formula and the Title were added to the Bill.

_________________________________________________________________
* AYES : 337+ Shri Ramakant Angle, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta, Shri Suresh Ramrao Jadhav, Shri Savshibhai Makwana, Shri Pratapsinh Mohitepatil, Shri Rupchand Murmu, Shri Nagmani, Shri Basangouda R. Patil (Yatanal) and Shri Sunder Lal Patwa recorded their votes through slips = 346.

NOES : Nil

MR. SPEAKER: The Minister may now move that the Bill, as amended, be passed.

SHRI L.K. ADVANI: I beg to move:

"That the Bill, as amended, be passed."

MR. SPEAKER: The question is:

"That the Bill, as amended, be passed."

The Lok Sabha divided:DIVISION NO. 11 AYES Time : 17.02 hrs.A.Narendra, Shri

Abdullakutty, Shri A.P.

Acharia, Shri Basu Deb

Adhi Sankar, Shri

Aditya Nath, Yogi

Adsul, Shri Anandrao Vithoba

Advani, Shri L.K.

Aiyar, Shri Mani Shankar

Alvi, Shri Rashid

Ambedkar, Shri PrakashYashwant

Ananth Kumar, Shri

Angle,Shri Ramakant

Argal,Shri Ashok

Arya, Dr.(Shrimati) Anita

Athawale, Shri Ramdas

Atkinson,Shri Denzil B.

Azad,Shri Kiriti Jha

Baalu, Shri T.R.

Bachda, Shri Bachi Singh Rawat

Badnore, Shri Vijayendra Pal Singh

Bainda, Shri Ramchander

Bais, Shri Ramesh

Banatwalla, Shri G.M

Banerjee,Shrimati Jayashree

Bansal, Shri Pawan Kumar

Barwala,Shri Surendra Singh

Basavanagoud, Shri Kolur

Basavaraj, Shri G.S.

Basu, Shri Anil

Bhadana, Shri Avtar Singh

Bhagat, Prof. Dukha

Bhagora, Shri Tarachand

Bhargava, Shri Girdhri Lal

Bhatia, Shri R.L.

Bhuria, Shri Kantilal

Bind, Shri Ram Rati

Bishnoi, Shri Jaswant Singh

Bose,Shrimati Krishna

Bwiswmuthiary, Shri Sansuma Khunggur

Suguna Kumari,Dr. (Shrimati)

Chakraborty, Shri Ajoy

Chakravarty, Shrimati Bijoya

Chandel, Shri Suresh

Catterjee, Shri Somnath

Chaturvedi, Shri Satyavrat

Chaubey, Shri Lal Muni

Chaudhary, Shri Haribhai

Chaudhary, Shri Ram Raghunath

Chaudhary, Shri Ram Tahal

Chaudhri, Shri Manibhai Ramjibhai

Chauhan, Shri Nandkumar Singh

Chauhan, Shri Shriram

Chennithala, Shri Ramesh

Chikhalia, Shrimati Bhavnaben Devrajbhai

Choudhary, Col.(Retd.) Sona Ram

Choudhary, Shri Nikhil Kumar

Choudhary, Shrimati Reena

Choudhry,Shri Padam Sen

Chouhan, Shri Nihal Chand

Chouhan, Shri Shivraj Singh

Chowdhary, Shri Adhir

Chowdhary, Shrimati Santosh

Chowdhury, Shri Bikash C

Cowdhury, Shrimati Renuka

Das, Shri Alakesh

Das, Shri Khagen

Das, Shri Nepal Chandra

Dasmunsi, Shri Priya Ranjan

Dattatraya, Shri Bandaru

Delkar, Shri Mohan S.

Deo, Shri Bikram Keshari

Dev, Shri Sontosh Mohan

Dhikale, Shri Uttamrao

Diler, Shri Kishan Lal

Diwathe, Shri Namdeo Harbaji

Dudi, Shri Rameshwar

Elangovan, Shri P.D.

Farook, Shri M.O.H.

Fernandes, Shri George

Gadhavi, Shri P.S.

Galib, Shri G.S.

Gamang, Shrimati Hema

Gandhi, Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal

Gandhi, Shrimati Maneka

Gandhi, Shrimati Sonia

Gangwar, Shri Santosh Kumar

Gautam, Shrimati Sheela

Gavit, Shri Manikrao Hodlya

Gavit, Shri Ramdas Rupala

Geete, Shri Anant Gangaram

Gehlot, Shri Thawar Chand

Ghatowar, Shri Paban Singh

Goel, Shri Vijay

Gogoi, Shri Dip

Gohain, Shri Rajen

Govindan, Shri T.

Gudhe, Shri Anant

Gupta, Prof.Chaman Lal

Hamid, Shri Abdul

Handique, Shri Bijoy

Haque, Mohammad Anwarul

Hussain, Shri Syed Shahnawaz

Jadhav, Shri Suresh Ramrao

Jag Mohan, Shri

Jagannath, Dr. Manda

Jain, Shri Pusp

Jaiswal, Dr. M.P.

Jaiswal, Shri Shankar Prasad

Jaiswal, Shri Shriprakash

Jalappa, Shri R.L.

Jatiya, Dr.Satyanarayan

Javiya, Shri G.J.

Jayaseelan, Dr.A.D.K.

Jos, Shri A.C.

Kaliappan, Shri K.K.

Kannappan, Shri M.

Kashyap, Shri Bali Ram

Kaswan, Shri Ram Singh

Katara, Shri Babubhai K.

Kataria, Shri Rattan Lal

Kathiria, Dr. Vallabhbhai

Kaushal, Shri Raghuvir Singh

Khaire, Shri Chandrakant

Khan, Shri Abul Hasnat

Khan, Shri Hassan

Khan, Shri Sunil

Khandelwal, Shri Vijay Kumar

Khandoker, Shri Akbor Ali

Khanduri, Maj.Gen.(Retd.) B.C.

Khanna, Shri Vinod

Khurana, Shri Madan Lal

Kriplani, Shri Shrichand

Krishnamraju, Shri

Krishnan, Dr. C.

Krishnaswamy, Shri A.

Kulaste, Shri Faggan Singh

Kumar, Shri Arun

Kumar, Shri V. Dhananjaya

Kuppusami, Shri C.

Kusmaria, Dr. Ramkrishna

Kyndiah, Shri P.R.

Lahiri, Shri Samik (Diamond Harbour)

M.Master Mathan, Shri

Mahajan, Shri Y.G.

Mahajan, Shrimati Sumitra

Mahale, Shri Haribhau Shankar

Mahant, Dr. Charan Das

Maharia, Shri Subhash

Mahato, Shri Bir Singh

Mahto, Shrimati Abha

*Makwana, Shri Savshibhai

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* Voted through slip

Malhotra, Dr. Vijay Kumar

Malyala, Shri Rajaiah

Mandal, Shri Brahma Nand

Mane, Shri Shivaji

Manjay Lal, Shri

Manjhi, Shri Ramjee

Mann, Sardar Simranjit Singh

Mann, Shri Zora Singh

Meena, Shri Bherulal

Meena, Shrimati Jas Kaur

Meghwal, Shri Kailash

Mehta, Shrimati Jayawanti

Mishra, Shri Ram Nagina

Mishra, Shri Shyam Bihari

Mistry, Shri Madhusudan

Mohan, Shri P.

Mohite, Shri Subodh

*Mohitepatil, Shri Pratapsinh

Mollah, Shri Hannan

Mookherjee, Shri Satya Brata

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* Voted through slip

Moorthy, Shri A.K.

Munda, Shri Kariya

Muni Lall, Shri

Murmu, Shri Rupchand

Murmu, Shri Salkhan

Murugesan, Shri S.

*Nagmani, Shri

Naik, Shri Ali Mohd.

Naik, Shri Ram

Naik, Shri Shripad Yesso

Narah, Shrimati Ranee

Nayak, Shri Ananta

Nitish Kumar, Shri

Ola, Shri Sis Ram

Oram, Shri Jual

Osmani, Shri A.F. Golam

Pal, Dr. Mahendra Singh

Pal, Shri Rupchand

Palanimanickam, Shri S.S.

Panda, Shri Prabodh

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* Voted through slip

Pandey, Shri Ravindra Kumar

Pandeya, Dr. Laxminarayan

Pandian, Shri P.H.

Panja, Dr. Ranjit Kumar

*Passi,Shri Raj Narain

Paswan,Dr. Sanjay

Patasani, Dr.Prasanna Kumar

Patel, Dr. Ashok

Patel, Shri Chandresh

Patel, Shri Dahyabhai Vallabhbhai

Patel, Shri Deepak

Patel, Shri Prahlad Singh

Pathak, Shri Harin

Patil, Shri Annasaheb M.K.

Patil, Shri Balasaheb Vikhe

*Patil (Yatnal), Shri Basangouda R.

Patil, Shri Bhaskarrao

Patil, Shri Danve Raosaheb

Patil, Shri Jaysingrao Gaikwad

Patil, Shri Prakash V.

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* Voted through slips

Patil, Shri Uttamrao

Patwa, Shri Sundar Lal

Ponnuswamy, Shri E.

Potai, Shri Sohan

Prabhu, Shri Suresh

Pradhan, Dr. Debendra

Pradhan, Shri Ashok

Pramanik, Prof. R.R.

Premajam, Prof. A.K.

Radhakrishnan, Shri Varkala

Raja, Shri A.

Rajbangshi, Shri Madhab

Rajukhedi, Shri Gajendra Singh

Ram Sajivan, Shri

Ram, Shri Braj Mohan

Ramaiah, Dr. B.B.

Ramachandran, Shri Gingee N.

Ramshakal, Shri

Rana, Shri Kashiram

Rana, Shri Raju

Rao, Shri Ch.Vidyasagar

Rao, Dr. D.V.G.Shankar

Rao, Shri S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana

Rao, Shri Y.V.

Rashtrapal, Shri Pravin

Rathwa, Shri Ramsinh

Rau, Shrimati Prabha

Ravi, Shri Sheesh Ram Singh

Rawale, Shri Mohan

Rawat, Prof. Rasa Singh

Rawat, Shri Pradeep

Rawat, Shri Ramsagar

Ray, Shri Bishnu Pada

Reddy, Shri A.P.Jithender

Reddy, Shri N. Janardhana

Renu Kumari, Shrimati

Riyan, Shri Baju Ban

Rudy, Shri Rajiv Pratap

Sahu, Shri Anadi

Sahu, Shri Tarachand

Sai, Shri Vishnudeo

Sanadi, Prof. I.G.

Sanghani, Shri Dileep

Sangwan, Shri Kishan Singh

Sar, Shri Nikhilananda

Saradgi, Shri Iqbal Ahmed

Sarkar, Dr. Bikram

Saroj, Shri Tufani

Sathi, Shri Harpal Singh

Sayeed, Shri P.M.

Sengupta, Dr.Nitish

Sethi, Shri Arjun Charan

Shandil, Col.(Retd.)Dr. Dhani Ram

Shanmugam, Shri N.T.

Shanta Kumar, Shri

Sharma, Capt. Satish

Sikdar, Shri Tapan

Singh Deo, Shri K.P.

Singh Deo, Shrimati Sangeeta Kumari

Singh, Capt. (Retd.) Inder

Singh, Ch.Tejveer

Singh, Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad

Singh, Dr. Ram Lakhan

Singh, Kunwar Akhilesh

Singh, Shri Bahadur

Singh, Shri Brij Bhushan Sharan

Singh, Shri Chhattrapal

Singh, Shri Digvijay

Singh, Shri Khel Sai

Singh, Shri Lakshman

Singh, Shri Maheshwar

Singh, Shri Prabhunath

Singh, Shri Radha Mohan

Singh, Shri Ramanand

Singh, Shri Ramjivan

Singh, Shri Rampal

Singh, Shri Th. Chaoba

Singh, Shri Tilakdhari Prasad

Singh, Shrimati Kanti

Singh, Shrimati Shyama

Sinha, Shri Manoj

Sinha, Shri Yashwant

Solanki, Shri Bhupendrasinh

Somaiya, Shri Kirit

Sorake, Shri Vinay Kumar

Srikantappa, Shri D.C.

Subba, Shri M.K.

Sudarsana Natchiappan, Shri E.M.

Suman, Shri Ramji Lal

Sunil Dutt, Shri

Suresh, Shri Kodikunnil

Swain, Shri Kharabela

Swami Chinmayanand, Shri

Swami, Shri I.D.

Thakkar, Shrimati Jayaben B.

Thakor, Shri Punjaji Sadaji

Thakur, Dr. C.P.

Thakur, Shri Chunni Lal Bhai

Thirunavukkarasar, Shri Su

Thomas, Shri P.C.

Tiwari, Shri Lal Bihari

Tiwari, Shri Sunder Lal

Tomar, Dr. Ramesh Chand

Topdar, Shri Tarit Baran

Tripathee, Shri Ram Naresh

Tirpathi, Shri Prakash Mani

Tripathy, Shri Braja Kishore

Tur, Shri Tarlochan Singh

Vaghela, Shri Shankersinh

Vajpayee, Shri Atal Bihari

Varma, Sh. Ratilal Kalidas

Vasava, Shri Mansukhbhai D.

Veerappa, Shri Ramchandra

Venkataswamy, Dr. N.

Venkateshwarlu, Shri B.

Venkateswarlu, Prof. Ummareddy

Venugopal, Shri D.

Verma, Dr. Sahib Singh

Verma, Prof. Rita

Verma, Shri Ravi Prakash

Vijayan, Shri A.K.S.

Virendra Kumar, Shri

Vyas, Dr. Girija

Wanaga, Shri Chintaman

Yadav, Dr.(Shrimati) Sudha

Yadav, Dr.Jaswant Singh

Yadav, Shri Devendra Prasad

Yadav, Shri Hukumdeo Narayan

Yadav, Shri Sharad

Yerrannaidu, Shri K.

Zahedi, Shri Mahboob

Zawma, Shri Vanlal

NOES

Nil

MR. SPEAKER: Subject to correction,* the result of the division is:

Ayes : 338

Noes : Nil

The motion is carried by a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Members present and voting.

The motion was adopted.

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* AYES : 338+ Shri Savshibhai Makwana, Shri Pratapsinh Mohitepatil, Shri Nagmani, Shri Raj Narain Passi and Shri Basangouda R. Patil (Yatnal) recorded their voted throug slip = 343

NOES : Nil

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