LOKSABHA DEBATES

TENTH SERIES (VOL.I No.2)

JULY 10,1991

First session

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TENTH LOK SABHA

LOKSABHA SECRETARIAT

NEW DELHI

CONTENTS

[Tenth Series, Vol. I, First Session, 1991/1913 (Saka)]

No. 2, Wednesday, July 10, 1991/Asadha 19, 1913 (Saka)

Members Sworn

Co l u m n s

1—5

Election of Speaker 5—9

Felicitations to the Speaker 9—34

Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao 9—10Shri Lai JC Advani 10—13Shri Vishwanath Pratap Singh 13—14Shri Somnath Chatterjee 14—15Shri B. Vijayakumar Raju 15—16Shri Frank Anthony 16-17Shri Indrajit Gupta 17—20Shri P. O. Narayanan 20Shri Nani Bhattacharya 21Shri Moreshwar Save 21—22Shri Chitta Baxu 22—24Shri Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait 24 -25Shrimati Dil Kumari Bhandari 25—26Shri Shibu Soren 26

Dr. Jayanta Rongpi 26—27

Shri Muhi Ram Saikia 27

Shri K. P. Unnikrishnan 27—29

Shri Yaima Singh Yumnam 29

Shri Chandra Shekhar 29—30

Introduction of Prime Minister and Leader of the House 34

Introduction of Ministers 34—40

LOK SABHA DEBATES

LOK SABHA

Wednesday, July 10, 199l\Asadha 19, 1913 {Saku)

The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock

(THE SPEAKER pro tem (SHRI1NDRAJIT GUPTA) in the Chair]

MEMBERS SWORN

[English]

MR. SPEAKER: Secretary-Gene-ral may call out the names of the Members who have not yet taken the oath or made the affirmation.

Shri Kamal Nath (Chhindwara)Shri G. Venkat Swamy (Pedda-

palli)Shri Manoranjan Bhakta (Anda-

man A Nicobar Islands)Shri Anandagajapathiraju Poosa-

pad (Bobbili)Shri Konathala Ramakrishna (Ana-

kapalli)Shri Kasu Venkata Krishna Red-

dy (Narasaraopeta)Shri Yellaiah Nandi (SkkUpet)Shri Allola Indrakaran (Adilabad)Shri Gaddam Gangs Reddy (Niza-

mabad)

Shri Chokka Rao Juwadi (Karim Nagar)

Shri Surender Reddy (Ramasasha- yam (Warangal)

Shri Bommagani Dharma Bik- sham (Nalgonda)

Shri Boomireddy Narsimha Reddy (Miryalguda)

Shri Vadde Sobhanadreswara Rao (Vijayawada)

Shri Abdul Ghafoor (Gopalganj)Shri George Fernandes (Muzaffar-

pur)Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Rosera) Shri Simon Marandi iRajmahal) Shri Suk Deo Paswan (Araria)

Shri Pratap Sinha (Banka)Shri Ram Deo Ram (Paiamu)

Shri Ramchandra Veerappa (Bidar)Shri A. Venkatesh Naik (Raichur)Shri V. Krishna Rao (ChikbaJla-

pur)

Shri K. H. Muniyappa (Kolar)Shri G. Madegowda (Mandya)Shri V. Sreenivasaprasad (Chama-

rajanagar)Shri H. D. Devegowda (Hassan)

Shri D. K. Naikar (Dharwad North) Shri Palai K. N. Mathew (Idukki)Shrimati Vijaya Raje Scindia

(Guna)Kumari Push pa Devi Singh (Rai-

garh)

Members Sworn JULY 10, 1991 Members Sworn 4

1131 fan. [SHRI ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE in the Chair]

Shri Khelan Ram Jangde (Bilas- pur)

Shri Surajbhanu Shivbhanu Solanki (Dhar)

Shri Sudhir Sitaram Sawant (Ra- japur)

Shri Govindrao Nikam (Ratnagiri)Shri A.R. Antulay (Kulaba)

Dr. Pawar Vasant Niwritti (Nasik)

Shri Meghe Dattaji Raghobaji (Nagpur)

Shri Prafui Mancharbbai Patel (Bhandara)

Shri Matlemwar Vilas Baburao (Chimur)

Shri Sadul Dharmanna Mondayya (Solapur)

Shri Gadakh Yaswantrao Kankar- rao (Ahmednagar)

Shri A jit Anantrao Pawar (Bara- roatti)

Shri Bhosaie Prataprao Bapurao (Satara)

Shri Mane Balasaheb Alias Raja- ram Shankarrao (Ichalkaranji)

Shri Loknath Choudhary (Jagat- singhpur)

Shri Khagopati Pradhani (Now- rangpur)

Dr. Krupasindbu Bhoi (Samhalpur)Shrimati Maragatham Chandra-

sekhar (Sriperumbudur)Shri K.V. Thangka Balu (Dharma-

puri)Shri C. K. Kuppuswamy (Coixnba-

tore) Shri A .G S Ram Babu (Madurai) Shri V. Rajeswaran (Ramanatha-

param) Shrimati Mahataoi Bibhu Kumari

Devi (Tripura East)

Shri Manbendra Shah (Tehri Garh- wal)

Shri Jeewan (Almora)Shri Chandra Shekhar (Ballia)Shri Rajnath Sonkar Shastri (Said-

pur)Shri Ajit Singh (Baghpat)Shri Inder Jeet (Darjeeling)Shri Chitta Basu (Barsat)Shri Amal Datta (Diamond Har-

bour)Shrimati Gceta Mukheijee (Pans*

kura)Shri Haradhan Roy (Asansol)Shri M.V.V.S. Murthy (Vishakha-

patnam)Shri Thota Subba Rao (Kakinada)

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Shri K.V.R. Chowdari (Rajahmun- dry)

Shri Bala Yogi C M C . (Amala- puram)

Shri Vijayakumar Raju Bhupathi- raju (Narasapor)

Shri Bolia Bulliramaiah (Eluru)Shri K.P. Reddaiah (Machilipat-

nam)

Shri Ummareddy Venkatsewarlu(Tenali)

Shri Lai Jan Basha S. (Guntur)Shri D. Venkateswara Rao (Bapatla)

Shri Viswanadhui Kanithi (Srika- kulam)

Shri R. Sridharan (Madias South)

Shri Viibwanath Pratap Singh(Fatehpur)

Shri I t Dhanuskodi AtWtban (Tiruchendur)

Shri Manoranjan Sur (BasMiat)

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lTranslation JMR. CHAIRMAN: Hon. Members,

the agenda for swearing in of Mem-bers for the day is over, the Houseis adjourned to re-assemble here at3.00 p.m.12.15 hrs,The Lok Sabha then adjourned till

Fifteen of the Clock

15.00 hrs.The Lok Sabha re-assembled at

Fifteen of the Clock.[THE SPEAKER Pro tern (SHRIINDRAJIT GUPTA) in the Chair]

MEMBERS SWORN-Contd.

[English]MR. SPEAKER: Secretary-Gene-

ral may call out the names of theMembers who are to' take Oath ormake Affirmation.

Shri Rama Chandra Rath. (Aska)

f '15-00 hrs, ----ELECTION OF SPEAKER

[English]MR. SPEAKER: I think there are

no Members present who have notyet taken the oath. So, we proceedto the next Business.

We take up the Motions for theElection of Speaker of the Lok Sa-bha. I call upon Shri Lal KrishnaAdvani to move the motion standingin his name.

SHRI LAL. K. ADV ANI (Gan-dhi Nagar): Sir, I do not propose tomove this motion.

MR. SPEAKER: Shrimati SheilaKaul. .

Shri K. R. Narayanan, He is nothere, he is absent.

Shri Arjun SinghTHE MINISTER OF HUMAN

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SHRI ARJUN SINGH): Sir, I beg tomove:

"That Shri Shivraj V. Pati!o aMember of this House, be

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chosen as the Speaker of thisHouse."

SHRI P. G. NARAYANAN (Go-bichettipalayam): Sir, I second themotion.

MR. SPEAKER: Motion moved:"That Shri Shivraj V. Patil, a

Member of this House, bechosen as the Speaker of thisHouse."

MR. ·SPEAKER: Shri A.R. Antu-lay has already said that he is notmoving. Now Shri B. Shankaranand.

THE MINISTER OF PETRO-LEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRIB. SHANKARANAND): Sir. I amnot moving the motion.

SHRI LAL K. ADV ANI: You mayput the motion that has been moved.

MR. SPEAKER: That is not therule. AJl the motions have to bemoved here and then the voting willtake place, if necessary one by one.

Shri Basudeb Acharia to move themotion standing in his name.

SHRI BASUDEB ACHARIA(Bankura): Sir, the Office of theSpeaker of Lok Sabha is a highconstitutional office, which ought tobe above (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: You must eithermove the motion or say that you donot move the motion.

SHRI BASUDEB ACHARIA:Sir, the Speaker should command un-reserved cooperation from all sidesof the House. The result of the lastGeneral Elections has ciearly shownthat no party or front has got a clearmajority {Interruptions).

MR. SPEAKER: Are you movingyour motion or not?

SHRI BASUDEB ACHARIA:In this new situation, a new approach

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is required. That is why we pro-posed the name of Shri Rabi Rayfor the post of Speaker ..... (Interrup-tions).

MR. SPEAKER: Mr. Acharia, areyou moving or not moving?

SHRI BASUDEB ACHARIA:We wanted to have a consensus inthe new situation. Sir, we were ap-proached by both the Congress (I)and the BJP (Interruptions).

MR. SPEAKER: Nothing: will goon record......... ~

(Interruptionsv:

MR. SPEAKER: Mr. Acharia, areyou moving or not moving your mo-tion?

(Interruptions )*

MR. SPEAKER: Mr. Acharia,please conclude. You cannot makea speech. Are you moving or notmoving your motion?

SHRI BASUDEB ACHARIA:In the circumstances, I do not wantto move the motion ... (Interruptions).

[Translation]

SHRI MADAN LAL KHURANA(South Delhi): Mr. Speaker, Sir, Irise on a point of order. All thatthe hon. Member has just now saidin the House should not go on record.(lnterruptions).

MR. SPEAKER: It will not go onrecord.

(Interruptions)[English]

MR. SPEAKER: Nothing is goingon record.

[Trans/ation]

SHRI MADAN LAL KHURANA:I may submit that no statement can

be made at this stage. Therefore, thestatement made by the hon. Memberin the House should not form partof the proceedings.

(English]

MR. SPEAKER: It is not goingall record .

(Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: Take your seatsplease .

(Interruptions)

[Translation]MR. SPEAKER: Please do not

interrupt the proceedings like this,let the House proceed with its agenda.It is against the Rules. Therefore,kindly sit down.

(lnterruptions)

[English]

AN HON. MEMBER: On a pointof order, Sir.

[Tf'(1inslation]

MR. SPEAKER: No point of or-der can be raised at the moment.

[English]

Are you moving or not?

SHRI BASUDEB ACHARIA:Sir, I have, already said I am notmoving.

MR. SPEAKER: All right. . ShriRam Lakhan Singh Yadav. Are youmoving your motion?

SHRI RAM LAKHAN SINGHY ADA V (Arrah): I am not moving.

MR. SPEAKER: Shri Chun ChunPrasad Yadav- .

Shri K.P. Unnikrishnan.

SHRI K. P. UNNIKRISHNAN(Badazara): Sir, I do not propose tomove the motion.

*not recorded.

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MR. SPEAKER: Shri Suraj Man-daI.

[Translation]

SHRI SURAJ MANDAL (Godda):Since there has been meeting ofhearts, I do not want to move themotion listed in my name.

[English]

MR. SPEAKER: Now, only onemotion which has been moved byShri Arjun Singh and seconded byShri P. G. Narayanan is before theHouse for consideration, and I amputting this motion to the vote of theHouse.

The question is:"That Shri Shivraj V. Patil, amember of this House, be chosenas the Speaker of this House."

The motion was adopted.

MR. SPEAKER: The motion isadopted.

I declare that Shri Shivraj V. Patilhas been chosen as the Speaker ofthis House. I have great pleas~re ininviting him to occupy the Chair,

(Shri Shivrai V. Patil was conduct-ed to' the Chair by the Leader ofthe House, Shri Arjun Singh, andthe Leader of the Opposition, ShriLal K. Advani) 'l

15.11 hrs. [MR. SPEAKER (SHRISHIVRAJ V. PATIL) in the Chair]

(/FELICITATIONS TO THE

- :SPEAKER-

;English]

MR. SPEAKER: I have' a list ofMembers to speak. I would requestthe Prime Minister to speak now.

'THE PRIME MINISTER ' (SHRIP. V. NARASIMHA RAO): Mr.Speaker, Sir, I congratulate you, onbehalf of my Party and on my own

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behalf on your being unanimouslY/"elected Speaker of this House.

Responsibility of this nature , youhave shouldered in the past and withgreat distinction. We know that youwere Speaker of one of largest Legis-lative Assemblies in India, theMaharashtra Legislative Assembly.You had shown your mettle in thepast and had handled varied anddifficult situations. Your experiencewill greatly help not only the conductof this House, but all of us in func-tioning in the manner expected of us.

We are meeting at a time when thecountry is facing a difficult situationon various fronts. We must workwith urgency, the urgency which thecriticality of the situation demands,and work collectively and in a deter-mined manner to face the challengesthat the nation is confronted with.In particular, in this House the peopleexpect us to work with devotion, workwith singleminded purposefulness andalso work with certain 'dignity.We have to place before ourselves allthese expectations of the people, and1 am sure, Mr. Speaker, Sir, thatunder your able guidance we will beable to conduct the business of thisHouse as well as conduct ourselvesas the people expect us to.

I wish you great success in yourSpeakership in the years to come,and great success in the conduct ofthe business of the House to usherin a new era of cooperation coupledwith vigilance. This is what I wouldlike to say and this is what underyour guidance I am sure we will beable to do.

May I congratulate you once again,Sir.

[Translation]

SHRI LAL K. ADVANI (GandhiNagar): Mr. .Speaker, Sir, I wouldlike to heartily greet you and' COD-gratulate you on behalf of 'my partyand on my own behalf. I am glad thatyou have been elected to this officeand I am particularly happy that

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LSh. Lal K. Advani]

you have been elected unopposed. Iwould have been much more happyhad your election been unanimous.TiH yesterday, it appeared that evenunopposed election might not be pos-sible and you would be elected aftera contest. Whatever may be themethod of your election but I wouldlike to congratulate the opposition andomer hon. friends that they did notpress for an election and the elec-tion has been unopposed. I wouldalso like to congratulate the rulingparty which worked for an unoppos-ed election. One of the hon, friendssarcastically remarked that sinceit was a meeting of two hearts, hewas not moving his motion. I feelthat it would have been a matterof great happiness for me, had theentire House and all the partiesunited, instead of these two partiesonly, Of1 this issue. The Parliamentarytradition expects that .all the partiesshould present their views forcefullyand express their differences withoutany hesitation. If the Parliament is toprogress as an institution, the electionto the office of Speaker of the LokSabha should be unanimous, which.would enhance its prestige and addto its strength as a Parliamentary in-stitution. Similarly, I have got acomplaint against the ruling party.Their thinking that it would not bepossible for them to run the Govern-ment, if the Speaker did not belongto their party, in my view does notfall in' line with the basic conceptbehind Parliamentary traditions, Par-liamentary system and Parliamentaryinstitutions. Otherwise. this traditionwould never have been established inthe House of Commons that "Oncea Sneaker always a Speaker", whichimples that once a person assumes thisexacted office, he does not belong toany narty and he would dischargehis duties rising above the party lines.On this occasion, Mr. Speaker, Sir,I would like to tell you that yourillustrious predecessor had followedthis tradition in a number of cases. Somuch so that when the very sensitivecases of defection were broughtbefore him, despite different views

and opinions expressed, he gave ahistoric ruling, which was widely ac-claimed. Mr.- Speaker, Sir, the pur-pose behind the decision. by my partynot to press for the motion, 1" to en-hance the dignity of this august Houseand strengthen the position of youroffice. Sir, on this occasion, I wouldlike to remind you that since thedays of Shri Mavalankar, dlSCUSSl?nhas been going on as to how the dig-nity of this office could be raised andas to how this office might be mademore powerful. I would like to qu?tefrom Shri Mavalankar's speech WhIChhe had made at the time of assum-ing the office of Speaker. He had saidthat[English]

"It is obviously not possible i~ .tht?present conditions ?f our pol~tIca!and parliamentary life to remain a">insular as the English Spraker sofar as the political life goes. Butthe Indian Speaker acting as suchwill be absolutely a non-party manmeaning thereby that he keepsaloof from party deliberations andcontroversies."

[Translation]

This means he may not be non-political but he would definitely bea non-party man

[English]He cannot be non-political. In Britain.the Speaker is virtually non-political.

[Translation]

He used the word insular and saidthat this might not be possible in th_eIndian context. It will not be pOSSI-ble till we set for ourselves certainconventions. A new convention hasbeen set by the House and thisconvention relates to your office i.e.Sneakership and to Deputy Speaker'soffice and I am of the view that itwould be better if it is continued infuture also. I would like to submitto the hon. Prime Minister that itwould be better if we sit together anddecide 011 the conventions regardingSpeakership and Deputy Speakership.

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He has taken an initiative in this mat-ter anqI would urge him to help thisinitiative continue in future also.

I would like to submit one thingmore "in this regard. A Conference ofthe Presidinz officers was held in1968. I happened to be the ~hairmanof Delhi Metropolitan Council at thattime and in that capacity I had theopportunity to participate in .the Con-ference. A high level committee wasset up under the Chairmanship of thethen Speaker of Maharashtra Legis-lative Council, .Shri Paghe. The Com-mittee came to be known as PagheCommittee. The Committee had givenmany suggestions in this regard and Iwould not like to go into the detailshere as it would not be proper todo so at the present juncture. Allthe parties in the Ho~se sh?u.ld beinvited by thehon. Prime Minister toconsider the recommendations ofPazhe Committee in this regard at anAll Party Meeting so that we couldlay down healthy conventions andtraditions in this regard.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I once again con-gratulate you. You conducted theproceedings of the House, as DeputySpeaker have and earlier as Speakerof Maharashtra Legislative Assemblywith great dignity and impartiality. Iwish you all success.

SHRI VISHWANATH PRATAPSINGH (Fatehpur): Mr. Speaker, Sir,a reference was just now made tomeeting of hearts and parties. Youare above all parties now but not offfrom our hearts. I mean to say thatyou are in our hearts. With your as-suming office all controversies havebeen set at rest. We have seen vouas Deputy Speaker in the House andare witness to your competence andimpartiality. We are also aware thatbehind your suave and polite persona-Iitylies firmness of your conviction.

Sir, rules are there for regulation ofbusiness in the House but practicallyspeaking. conduct of business of theHouse depends on the discretion of andiudious annlication of: rules by thePresiding 'officers and we had a glim-pseof it when you were "Deputy

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Speaker. That is why with your as-sumption of this office a new confi-dence has been created in us. So faras extending' co-operation is concern-ed, we are in the opposition. We canneither promise to keep our mouthsshut, nor assure that there wouldbe no uproar in the Hou~e, butwe would' not resort to It soas to enact a drama. I maymention here that if there is an uproar.it won't be just our voice but the voiceof crores of people who keenly watchand see the proceedings of the House.Each one of your decisions h~S. abearing on the lives of the poor livingin Ihuggis and the workers. I wouldlike to submit here that if a voiceis raised from any comer of theHouse demanding your attention totheir plight, you must listen to it.Our existence in the House can bejustified and tested on that anvil alone.

Sir, people assume and demit offi-ces, But we are confident that youwill leave behind a mark of your own.Shri Advani was just now making areference to traditions and conven-tions. I think all of us believe thatwe would create new traditions underyour guidance.

[English]

SHRI SOMNATH CHATTERJEE(Bolpur): Sir, on behalf of my Partyand myself, I extend our most cor-dial felicitations to you, Mr. Speaker,on your assumption of one of thehighest public offices of our Republic.

We have seen you function in thisHouse as a Minister, and then as panelChairman and then as Deputy Speakerand we have always been impressedand we appreciated your suavity andfairness and commitment to the main-tenance of parilamentary traditionsand to Parliament's supremacy.

We have no doubt that you, as thecustodian of the rights and' privilegesof the Members of this House arid ofthe House 'itself, ·"will'uphold thehighest traditions of; the ..Chair- youhave come' to Occupy today. " ..

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[Sh. Somnath Chatterjee]Today, you are the Speaker of the

House. You are no longer a candidateof any political party or combinationof political parties and, with the com-position of the House as it is today,we feel that so far as you areconcerned, you will mete out even-handed justice to all sections of theHouse so that the Members here cangive expression to the urges and as-pirations of the teeming millions ofthis country and when speciallygreater and greater problems are beingfaced by the ordinary people, it isexpected that will find reflection ofthat on the floor of this Housefor which, I am sure, you will affordadequate opportunity to the Members.

On our behalf, we offer you our fullcooperation in the discharge of yourresponsibilities and onerous dutiesas the Speaker of this House.

I do not wish to go into any mat-ter of controversy. But the fact thatwe had decided to put up a candidateat one time does not mean that afteryour candidature was announced therewas any reflection so far as you areconcerned and your ability as Speakerof this House is concerned. We havefull faith in you and in your senseof Justice.

As the Prime Minister himself hassaid, we are facing many problems ofserious magnitude and it will requirethis House to address itself to theSolution of these problems. Of course,I do not know what would be theattitude of the Government-this is notthe occasion strictly for that-in thematter of resolving these problems,realising their present position so faras the composition of the House isconcerned.

Once again, I convey our sincerefelicitations to you and, I am sure youwill adorn this Chair with glory andwith great satisfaction of all concern-ed.

SHRI B. VIJA Y AKUMAR RAJU'(Narasapur}:' Sir, I would like tocongratulate the newly elected Spea-ker. 1am congratulating you on behalf

to Speaker

of my party and on my own behalf.Sir, I know you very well since 1984.From 1989 onwards, as the Deputy-Speaker of this House, you performedyour duties in an esteemed way. Ihope and expect that in future alsoyou will maintain the decorum anddecency of this august House. r wishyou every success in your endea-vours. I am once again congratulatingyou on your being elected as Speakerof this House.

SHRI FRANK ANTHONY (Nomi-nated-Anglo-Indian): Mr. Speaker. Sir,speaking literally as the most seniorMember of this august House, I thinkevery party that has joined hands inendorsing unanimously your electiondeserves credit. I want to give creditto the Prime Minister because frommy very close association with himrecently as the Prime Minister, I foundin him certain special qualities ofconciliation and accommodation espe-cially in the present political milieu.So far as you are concerned, Mr.Speaker, you are the lynchpin of thesovereignty of this sovereign House.You are, in a sense, above the law.You do not even have to respond to anotice from the Apex Court of thiscountry. Because of that, you epito-mise the sovereignty of this sovereignHouse. It has well become a conven-tion that the ruling party selects aperson from itself to be the Speakerbecause you are the lynchpin of theruling party also.

Sir, I have the privilege of beingan elected Member of the CoastituentAssembly and if I may say so itcontained the cream of India's politi-cai and legal constituents and the onething we underlined, Mr. Speaker, wasthat our Constitution was unlike theAmerican Constitution. Our Constitu-tion has a definite unitary bias unlike!he American Constitution wherethe bias was federal. Here, hegemonyis vested in the Central Governmenton crucial matters and ultimatelythose crucial matters fall from inter-pretation within yours. I have; theprivilege of seeing you actually' atwork. '"1 do not want to say anythingthat may have some kind of' personal

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implications. But may I, as I havesaid earlier, without any personal re-flections, give my personal view thatone of the greatest Speakers we everhad was the late Shri Mavalankar.He was very firm but at the same timehe was very fair. I have the privilegeof seeing you earlier also and I wasmore than impressed. You have COmewith some special experience fromMaharashtra. I was overborne by_our mental and political alacrity andI found in you, Mr. Speaker, certainqualities that would combine to makeyou another very great Speaker.

May I, on behalf of the very seniorMembers of this House, welcome you.May you also uphold always yourown sovereignty and the sovereigntyof this august House.

SHRI INDRAJIT GUPT A (Mid-napore): Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalfof my party, I extend to you ourhearty congratulations on your eleva-tion to this high Chair and offer youom' unstinted cooperation in yourvery very difficult task of conductingthe affairs of this House.

Even up to a few hours ago, sectionsof the influential press in this countrywere giving the people the impressionthat the election of the honourableSpeaker might be the witness of thebitter controversy and struggle. How-ever, now everybody can see forthemselves that in the interest of. co-operation and consensus, which bythe way are a two-way traffic and nota one-way traffic, that the Members ofthis House have decided that thissession of this Tenth Lok Sabhashould get off to a harmonious startAnd I may also say that whatevercontroversies or differences of opinionand so 011 were operating behind thescene-they were there, the last fewdays, no doubt-they have nothing todo with individuals or personalities.There were some political overtones.some political considerations which is'not at all surprising, considering that,we have just come through a titanicelection battle in which sometimes~eelings and passions had been very

high;' there had been very sharp ideo-logical and political conflicts. And ithas been one of the most prolongedand, if I may say so, painful electionswhich it has been our experienceever to go through in our life-pain-ful also because midway to it camethe brutal murder of Shri Rajiv Gandhiand also painful because the processbegan some time in the month ofApril with the calling of nominationsof candidates and it is not completed.Even today, the election in its entiretyhas not been completed. I do not thinkwe have ever had an experience likethis before. And sometimes. not onlywe but the people in other countriescongratulate India on being the lar-gest democracy in the world, therewere times during this election strug-gle when apprehensions were arousedamong the people as to whether thewhole election process would be allow-ed .to be completed because there wasso much violence; so many people losttheir lives and there were so manydelays Which could have been perhapsavoided. But we were always re-as-sured by seeing on the television linesand lines of our humble folk of thiscountry who are the voters, waiting forhours together in the summer heat, inthe rains, waiting in a disciplined wayto cast their votes. Unless peoplehave got a deep commitment to demo-cracy in their hearts, they cannot gothrough the ordeal like this. I think,this House should congratulate andcompliment the common people of thiscountry, first of all, the voters whohave allowed us to retain that reputa-tion of being the largest democracy inthe world. . Otherwise. this systemwas in danger of perhaps of breakingdown.

So, Sir, you have got a very difficulttask before you, no doubt. The peo-ple in their wisdom have elected againa hung' Parliament. The people haveelected or rather this Parliament hasproduced another minority Govern-ment. This makes your task all themore difficult because nobody, Ithink, in this House wants that thiscountry should be plunged into ano-.ther election within a two or threemonths time. Nobody wants that.

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[Sh. Indrajit Gupta]That pre-supposes that this House,this Parliament and you, Sir, who arepresiding over it should conduct theaffairs in such a way that the burn-ing problems, the acute problemswhich are facing the country and thepeople+-I need not mention themhere-which have defied solution forsuch a long time are given adequateattention and care which is required.if this country is to survive. I amnot referring only to the economic pro-blems; they are bad enough; veryserious. But there are other pro-blems; social problems; political pro-blems; problems of the division of thiscountry; secessionist forces are atwork. We have not been able to findany solution so long. People are tor-mentedby unemployment, by infla-tion, by high prices. We have not beenable to find any solution. So thisHouse in its collective wisdom basgot to work in a way which enablesthese problems to be tackled.

You, presiding over our discussionsand debates here, have tax be-as weknow you are-impartial, that you aresufficiently experienced, that you willhave a mastery over the rules of theprocedure of this House and that youwill be firm in your decisions. Butvour justice, I am sure, will be ter»-nered with mercy and you will see toit that everybody here gets a fairchance to express themselves.

I don't think any Governmentshould imagine that they cannot runa country unless they have a Speakerwho, belongs to their own party. Idon't like this kind of statement be-cause no Sneaker is meant to run thecountry: the Sneaker is meant to runthe JIo1Jse. It is not the iob of theSneaker to run the country. There-fore one should not drag down thishigh office of the Speaker to this levelof which party or' not he belongs to.

There were of course some diffe-rences looming in me background;some 'conflicts were emerging on thisquestion; but ultimately we have de-cidedthat to begin the game at least,which-is your election, we should notprecipitate "any' kind Df' conflict or

differences which would make us feelbitter towards each other, We may bepolitical adversaries; but most of ushere I think have got the highest res-pect for each other as political beingsand as personalities and we want tohave a proper healthy discussion anddebate which may be very sharpof course; but whose main aim is tosee that the problems facing thiscountry are solved. This may bethe last chance that we will have.I don't think the people may give usanother chance if we fail them again.

I don't wish to take more time. Iwish YDUwell. YDU are an old friendof mine and many of us. I have funtrust in you. I know of your imparti-ality and of your dexterity. As theSpeaker you win serve this Housewell. Once again on behalf of myparty, I wish you all success and Iassure you of al1 cooperation.

SHRI P. G. NARAYANAN (Go-bichettipalayam): Mr. Speaker, Sir, onbehalf of AIADMK I offer my con-gratulations to you on your electionas the Speaker of this august Housewhich is the highest democratic forumof this country. The long innings ofyour public life as a Minister' andas the Deputy Speaker in the previousLDk Sabha will definitely help youin conducting the business of theHouse efficiently and smoothly as perthe well established traditions andrules of this House.

Now you belong to the whole Houseand so you are the guardian of de-mocracy and custodian of the rightsand privileges of this House and itsmembers. I hope the privileges andrights of the members will be safe-guarded under your custodianship.

We have full faith and trust in YDUSir. On behalf of AIADMK I pledgemy support' and cooperation to you indischarging your duties and to up-hold the dignity and decorum Of thisHouse, Thope and trust that democ-ratic norms .and traditions will be'maintained during your tenure. Withthese 'words, I congratulate YDUagain.

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SHRI NANI BHATTACHARYA(Berhampore): Mr. Speaker, Sir, atthe outset I extend my heart-felt con-gratulations to you. The positionwhich I have seen a few days before,actually evoked in me certain doubtsabout the propriety of opinion ofsome sections in this House. I nowsee that the distorted secularism ofthe Congress has been combined withthe fundamentalist sections of thisHouse. tInterruptions). This is per-haps the beginning, Sir. It makesyour task quite enormous and verydifficult. Even then, I know you per-sonally and I have come to knowabout your ability and efficiency also.You have to see on the one hand, theminority Government which has nocommand over the House-absolutecommand, I mean to say-and on theother hand the composition of theHouse. The composition of theHouse is rather uncanny and it is anembarrassing composition. (Interrup-tions).

AN HON. MEMBER: You areone of the crutches. tIruerruptionsr

SHRI NANI BHATTACHARYA:I am one of the crutches to exposeyou and to expose this side of theHouse also.

On this solemn occasion, I have tospeak out all these .thi?-gs because. itis the House and It IS a sovereignHouse. We, who have assembled

. here, are representing the people ofIndia. The people of India shouldknow the unholy and unethical com-bination and that is what 1 have al-ready spelt out. I do not want todilate on this issue any more.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have full fai.thin you that you will be abJe .t~ .d.lS-charge your duties and responsibilitiesthrust on you as Speaker with full im-partiality and diligence as the occa-sion demands without fear or favour.

[Translation]

SHRI MORESHW AR SAVE (A~r-angabad): Honourable Speaker, SIf,I on my behalf and on behalf of myparty, extend my heartiest co?gra~la:tions to my close friend Shri Shivrai

Patil on this historic day of his elec-tion as the Speaker of Lok Sabha.

Shri Patil hails from that sacredland of Marathwada in my state Ma-harashtra which has illuminated andenlightened the entire country with itsgift of knowledge. Since I belong toMarathwada, I am proud of the factthat the lineage of saints like SantGyaneshwar, Samarth Eknath owes itsorigin to this place. I am confidentthat my friend, Shri Shivraj Patil willfunction in an impartial manner asSpeaker of this important House,which functions as the Legislature ofthis country, keeping in view the en-

. ligh tened traditions set by Lord Ramaand Chhatrapati Shivaji. I hope thathe would conduct the proceedings ofthe House in an ideal manner. Inaddition to his soft-spokenness, ShriPatil is capable of taking clear deci-sions. Thus we are assured that therewon't be any partiality towards anyMember or any party. Smaller par-ties will also get sufficient· opportunityto put forth their views, because Ibelieve that though the number ofsmaller parties is less but their ideo-logy and line of approach have a massappeal in their respective areas.

It can be said about Shri ShivrajV. Patil that he, as Speaker of theMaharashtra Legislative Assembly andas Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha,fearlessly and impartially upheldhigh traditions of these offices. Asthe Speaker of Lok Sabh~, he. willset such high standards WhICh w~ll bea cherished part of the future historyof Parliament. I wish him success inthe new role assigned to him.

[English]

SHRI CHITTA BASU (Barasat):Sir I deem it a great and unique plea-su;e for me toioin the Prime Ministerand other distinguished colleagues ofthis honourable House to extendwarm felicitations to you on be~alfof my party and myself on your beingelected Speaker of this great House.

As you know, this House representsthe sovereignty of the people. You,as the Speaker of the House, ought to

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remain as a vigilant guard to the so-vereignty of the people. And I hopeyou are conscious of the responsibilitythat has· been cast upon you.

It has been once again proved thatIndia is a vibrant and a great democ-racy. It has been further proved thatIndia is a resilient democracy. Thishas been proved by the ordealsthrough which the people have hadto go before electing this tenth LokSa:bha. This House as such is the epi-tome of the essence of parliamentarydemocracy. And on you rests the res-ponsibility of maintaining the dignityand decorum of this House and ulti-mate victory of the parliamentary de-mocracy in the changing world in thisgreat country of ours.

You are the custodian of therights and priviliges of the Membersof this House. You are the custodianof preserving the conventions and therich traditions of this House. We arein a hung Parliament. The very na-ture and composition of the Househave cast great responsibilities onus particularly those who arecommitted to democracy and se-cularism. We in the Opposi-tion, who are in the Left, havegot a great responsibility to discharge.In this situation, you have also a veryvery crucial role to play. This Parlia-ment, through its debates, through itsarguments and various reasonings,can give a lead to the country anddirection to the economy, and find outsolution of the multidimensional crisisthat the nation races today. That canbe done fully under your able and wiseguidance. And I take it that youshall not fail this House at this criticaljuncture of our country.

. Sir, I on behalf of my party, beingconscious of the responsibility as thepeople's representative hi. the ·~o~~e.being' conscious of the responsibilityas One who upholds the principles andcommitments· of our Left forces andsecular forces in the country, wouldappeal to you that ¥ou would .also ex-tend your cooperatlOn tt? ~~ ll1 orderto discharge our responsibility. I ex-tend my fnllfledged cooperation on be-

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half of my party for the successfulconduct of this House and for the dis-charge. of the responsibilities theHouse IS called upon.

SHRI EBRAHIM SULAIMANS~IT (Ponnani): Mr. Speaker, Sir, Ir~se to offer my most cordial andsincere felicitations to you on?ehalf of, my party and myself.My party means the Indian Union

Muslim League. My party also con-gratulates you on your being electedunanimously as the Speaker of thisaugust House. You have been ele-vated to the highest position of thisaugust House, in the Parliament of acO~l1try which is the greatest democ-ratio c~)Untry indeed. I know fullywell, ~Ir that you are armed with vastexpenence of having been the Speakerof the Maharashtra Assembly in thepast and also the Deputy Speaker ofthe Ninth Lok Sabha. I am sure thatyou will prove to be a great successas the Speaker of this House which isgoing to be a hung Parliament, as allof us have been mentioning.

Sir, I must tell you, as the PrimeMinister has said, that we are passingthrough a great crisis. There are soman~ complex. problems wantingsolutions. And 111 this context, it hasbeen said that there should be unionof hearts.

[Translation]

He has said that there shouldbe union of hearts, but wehave to create an atmosphere for sucha union. Considerate approach and asense of love and belonging is essen-tial for union of hearts and if suChqualities pervade there will be unionof hearts and' problems can be solved.

A poet has said:"Khuloose dil na ho to dosti se

.kutchh nahin hota,mujhe maaloom.hai meri khushi se

kutchh nahin hota."

. If we say that there should be unionof hearts and if we feel pleased thatwon't do, there should be reciprocallove and affection for the union ofhearts.

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[English]

We must all try to create such a situ-ation and atmosphere for the hearts tocome closer. It is really a matter ofgreat anguish that the cult of violenceis growing in the political field. Youfind the cult of violence everywhereand this cult of violence had culmin-ated in the great brutal assassinationof Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the great sonof India. This cult of violence has tobe crushed and all parties shouldcome together and must have a senseand spirit of coordination and co-operation and that alone will be ableto solve the problems facing ourcountry.

Now Sir, I have to congratulate youon your elevation to the highest officeand T express my hope that you willbe completely impartial. I hope youwill uphold the dignity of the Houseand particularly smaller groups likethat of ours will have to be givenparticular attention. There should beno discrimination against us. Thisis what I hope and this is the assur-ance which r want from you.

Then Sir. I wish you all succe-ss. Itis a hung Parliament in which, I hope,you will be able to carryon the deli-berations with complete honesty andimpartiality. I wish you all successand long life and also wish the hungParliament a full term, i.e., five years.Sir. what I have to say regardingcarrying on the deliberations of thisRouse is

"Hayat Lekar chalo, Kaynat Iekar,chalo,

Chalo to sare Zamane kc Sath lekarchalo."

I hope this win be the attitude follow-ed by a Speaker like you in the futuredeliberations which are to be conduct-ed in the House. Thank yon.

(Il1termptiolJS)

SHRIMATI DIL KUMAR I BHA-NDARI (Sikkim): Sir, I congratulateyou on my own behalf, on behalf ofmy party and the people of Sikkim.I say 'people of Sikkim' because I amthe lone Member from the State ofSikkim. [congratulate you on your

unanimous election to the post ofSpeaker of this august House. Sir,there is no doubt that this is a welldeserved post by you and I am surethat you are more than able to dis-charge your responsibilities, which youhave just undertaken a little whileago, in the years to come. Though Iam the lone Member from my ownState and my party, I would like toextend my full support for the success-ful conduct of the business of theHouse and I wish you a successfultenure. I once again wish you thebest on my own behalf and on behalfof my State. Thank YO'.

16.00 hrs.

[Translation]

SHRI SHIBU SOREN (Dumka):Sir, I congratulate you' on the honourbestowed upon you through yourunanimous election to the office ofthe Speaker.

I personally and my party; theJharkhand Mukti Morcha, hope thatour party will be treated on equalfooting with the larger parties. Sinceyou as' the Deputy-Speaker of thisHouse during the last Lok Sabha dis-charged your responsibilities in a dis-tinguished manner, I am confident thatyou wiII do justice to one and all. Ionce again congratulate you.

[English]

DR. JAYANTA RONGPI (Auto-nomous District): Mr. Speaker Sir.I. on behalf of my party, viz. theAutonomous State Demand Committeeand also on behalf of the people ofthe Hill Region of Assam, congratu-late you on being elected to the glori-ous post of Speaker of the greatestdemocracy. in the world.

On this occasion, I would like tomake a request on only one point.Mr. Speaker Sir, as you know, I be-long to a part of the country wherea big section of the population' formany reasons, seems to be graduallylosing faith in the established politi-cal and democratic process of thecountry. There may' be so manyreasons. But one of the reasons is

{Dr. Jay ant a Rongpi]that this highest law-making body of die country sometimes does not deli-berate deeply and does not give enough time to the problems faced by the people of North East India, specially the tribal people of North East India. I feel people’s patience should not be tested any more. Ra-ther I hope that the problems faced by the tribals in the North East India m il be seriously deliberated here. The number of the representatives from the North Eastern Region may be less. A it still, Mr. Speaker Sir, I hope you will give os enough support so that our problems will be thoroughly deliberat-ed upon and we will get a democratic solution to our problems.

With these words, I congratulate you again and offer you my sincere cooperation in upholding the dignity of this House.

SHRI MUH1 RAM SA1KIA (Now- gong): Sir, on my behalf, on behalf of my party and on behalf of the people of Assam. I offer my heartiest congratulations on your being elected as the Speaker of this august House. Sir, I hope you will conduct this House in an impartial manner and will serve as a cementing force of this House in the larger interests of this country.

With these words, I once again con-gratulate you.

SHRI K. P. UNNOCRISHNAN (Badagara): Sir, it is my proud privi-lege today to join the hon. Prime Minister, the leader of the Opposi-tion and many of my esteemed collea-gues in complimenting you and con-gratulating you on your unanimous election as the Speaker of this great H one, one of the greatest parliamen- taiy institutions that history hat on its record.

Sir, yon have a distinguished career both Id A t Maharashtra l egislature a t well a* here in ft is House—both as a Minister and also as a presiding officer. We know you. And our fami-liarity doaa *0# to oar discomfi-ture. Bst m contrary, ft enhances

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our respect, our affection and our good will for you.

Sir, whatever may have been the circumstances of this election, most of the members who know you hold you in the greatest personal esteem and respect and that I can say shall be the greatest guarantee of your success as the Presiding Officer of what probably may be a very turbu-lent House.

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Sir, we are almost at the crossroads of history. You have a historic res-ponsibility when we are at the thre-shold of major chailanges as well as historically, I would repeat, at the crossroads of history. One of the few surviving members of the Constituent Assembly Mr. Frank Anthony, who is fortunately with us in this House today, referred to the character of Indian Constitution. I would also like to underline and say that the charac-ter of Indian Constitution has been preserved in its entirety, that includes also the Preamble which we added later.

The basic and fundamental task of this House lies in our commitment to social goals and in a more fundamen-tal sense our commitment to national unity and secularism. Secularism is not pseudo as some people seem to think. Secularism is now sought to be degraded and down-graded by some people who think that they can use certain base emotions and tty to de-value the Republic itself. These are the tendencies which will have to be fought and it shall be fought in this House. I have no doubt that secu-larism shall prevail and those who stand by the basic features of the Constitution shall win.

Sir. one of your 'tasks is to defend the rights of die Members, which I have no doubt you win. partfcnlariy of the minority, particularly of thoae who warn to dissent because the right to dissent it the most valuable and vita) role that we have and that is the eatence of freedom. Your talk It alto to defend the rights of rel’j tk w Mid

minorities of this country. We are essentially not in a sense a country which can not be built up on the basis of uniformity of language, race, cu te , creed or religion. When stifled voices are sought to be expres-sed here, this House will have to be a mirror of hopes and aspirations of all these fragmented and desparate okapgnts who want to create or are ofMng to create this create nation call-ed India.

Sir, I wish you well in this task. 1 have no doubt that with your rare and distinguished background you will succeed in this task and 1 also hope that you will add a new chapter to the gtorius history of Indian Parlia-ment.

SHRI YAIMA SINGH YUMNAM (Inner Manipur): Sir, on my behalf and on behalf of the Manipur Peo-ples’ Party I rise to extend my felici-tations to you. My State is in the Eastern corner of the country. Sir. though you have been elected' Spea-ker of this august House, your name has been known to us since you were the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly.

1 have one grievance and that is that 1 cannot speak in my own language. Other Members of this august House can speak in their own language. If I could have the chance of speaking in my own language I would have ex-pressed myself fluently and in a more befitting manner. I hope that now. since you are occupying the Chair, our grievance would be redressed. I again congratulate you on your being elec-ted as die Speaker of this august Howe.

[Translation]

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR 'Ballia): Sir, I extend my heartiest congratulations to you on your elec-tion as Speaker, with your election the fbriJaoMBt has added a bright chapter to its glorious history of its tnffitkMM. K has also proved that you would lie unbiased and fearless.

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The Hon. Prime Minister said that the country was passing through a difficult phase. The problems confron-ting us are complex. To solve these problems, Sir. we need the knowledge of ‘Gyaneshwari’ and the strength of ‘Bhawani’. But this knowledge and strength will be useful only if we are able to awaken the will-power of the crores of people of this country. It is the responsibility of Parliament to awaken this will-power and die one-rous responsibility of conducting the proceedings of Parliament has fallen on your shoulders.

All of us are familiar with you. You possess die qualities of humble-ness. self-discipline and wisdom. You are gentle, yet firm. You have the capability for guiding people. So I believe that you are best suited to fulfil this responsibility. As the new Speaker of this august House, you shall not only fulfil your responsibi-lities but also be a guiding light for the Parliament which has to complete the tasks before it. There is a lot of scope for conflict of ideas but the need of the hour is a joint effort to-wards finding new solutions to die long-standing problems of our coun- try.

I am sure that your qualities of harmony. cooperation. discretion will provide us strength and the ins-piration in achieving our goal and you will be bestowed with the energy to discharge your future responsibi-lities.

My best wishes to you.

[English]

MR. SPEAKER: Hon. Members, of aQ. let me have the pleasure of

extending a very warm welcome, to all the hon. Members, in this House, cm the second day of the first Session of the Tenth Lok Sabha, as the first servant of this august House, and as the first duty performed by me. a t the Speaker.

This House and the pracsacts of this Home m* •*■** ** L!-'

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moat magnificent and most memora-ble.

They should continue to be Uke that and also more effective, mag-nificent and memorable, equal to all such pteoes in the world and in cer-tain respects more effective and more attractive.

To this House, great statesmen in t ie country and great souls have been elected. They have functioned here, with dedication, vision, honesty and love for the people, for the country and for the world, and the great cau-ses, philosophies and ideas. They have left great traditions, conventions and imprints in the annals of the function-ing of the Parliamentary Democracy.

It would certainly be wise to re-member them and their contribution!) with gratitude in oar hearts and follow the broad outlines and directions given by them. At the same time, it would be necessary to use our ingenuities to invent and follow new methods and dfeections to cope up with new and unforeseen circumstances and situa-tions. The Parliamentary adroitness lies in the judicious mix of the two. Aad the present Members in the House should show themselves as the Parliamentarians, capable of rising to the occasion and doing the needful.

The difficulties faced by the people Mid the nation have been discussed aad solutions to overcome them have been found ou t Continuously, with-out inhibition of any kind, matters of public weal and interest have been analysed aad understood through dis- c o m n i. The results of die efforts have been, by and large, beneficial and $atid*cm v to the people ini the country. They have reflected the differ-ing views held by the people and die Parties and also iheir demand for M R solutions. They haver a i d e d straagtb sad the shock ab-

mechanism to die democracy in l i country and etrned credibility a a f aootf m u m for die same in die

-H ingun of die Tenth Lok

the ecstasy and agony of making new policies, plans and programmes lacing the difficulties and problems thrown up by new situations in the coyntry. die world and new approaches to the life, new thinking and philosophies. The tasks we have to perform are going to be challenging, intricate and onerous. All the same, we would all certainly rise to the occasion and prove that, with our conventions con-victions. with the realisation of die need to adjust and compromise and understand, on matters of public in-terest and weal, the good of die coun-try and the world, and the exigencies of time and cope up with new situa-tions and new problems. All of us sitting in the House are friends of one another, holding different views and ideas and not opponents and enemies. The friendship between the Honour-able Members, and the Presiding Offi-cers and the officers should and would prerail and help to understand and cooperate with one another. Tiie offi-cers of the House have been doing that. Tnev are trained for the same. It is engrained in their outlook towards life. The Honourable Members are all interested in the good of the country and in strengthening the democracy. So, we are all. I think and pray for the same, going to understand or.e another and cooperate in the best possible manner. The Presiding Offi-cers have a duty ;o understand the Members, their aspirations, to work effectively in the House, to he helpful and cooperative with them, impartial to aO members and just and affection-ate to one and all. We would hone and pray that we would function in these and die best possible manner.

The House reflects in the hearts of the people and die democracy. What happens here should reach the people and all parts of the county. The media and instruments which are res-ponsible for die same have to play a very important role. They woold be facilitated to do die same. The peo-ple in all parts of the country would be kept in touch with die tmKdonfaatt of the Houae through conventional and new and modern me&ods. T ie House shook! remain hi touch with

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all sorts of the institutions in the country and in an appropriate man-ner with the institutions in other coun-tries alld international organisations. The House and its precincts should lode good, do good and do justice to all matters which fall in its jurisdic-tion.

You, the Honourable Members, have done a great honour to me. This House has elevated me to the impor-tant position of the Speaker. I ex-press my deep and heartfelt gratitude to an the Honourable Members and specially to the Honourable Prime Minister, to the Honourable Leader of the Opposition and the Honourable Leaders of all other Parties. I would like to thank the speakers for using very warm expressions while speaking about me and giving me an assurance that cooperation will be forthcoming from them. It is only with your affec-tion and with your cooperation the

House can work successfully. I pray the Almighty for the strength to do my duty in the best possible manner.

16.26$ hrs.INTRODUCTION OF PRIME MINISTER AND LEADER OF THE

HOUSE

[English]MR. SPEAKER: I have great plea-

sure in introducing to this House the Hon’ble Prime Minister. Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao. He is known to al) of us. We extend to him our good wishes and godspeed in his task.

Also, I have pleasure in introducing to this House Shri Arjun Singh as die Leader of the House.

Hon. Prime Minister may now in-troduce his Council of Ministers.

16.21 hr*.

INTRODUCTION OF MINISTERS

[ English]

The PRIME MINISTER (SHRI P. V. NARASIMHA RAO): Sir. ShriArjun Singh it the Minister of Human Resource Development.

After Arjun Singh ji, I introduce the other Cabinet Ministers:

Shri B. Shankaranand. Shri Madhavsingh Solanki Shri Manmohan Singh Shri S.B. Chavan Shri Sharad Pawar Shri Bfttram Jakhar Shri C.K. Jafler Sharief Shri Madhav Rao Sctndia Shri Qhttlam NaW Axad

Minister of Petroleum and Natural GasMinister of External AffairsMinister of FinanceMinister of Home AffairsM inister of DefenceMinister of AgricultureMinister of RailwaysMinister of Civil Aviation and TourismMiaister of Parliamentary Affairs

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Shri K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy

Shri M.L. Fotedar

Shrimati Sheila Kaut .

Shri Sitar&m Kesri

Shri V.C. Shukla

Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs

Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Minister of Urban Development

Minister of Welfare 4

Minister of Water Resources

Ministers o f State (Independent Charge)

Shri Ajit Kumar Panja

Shri Ashok Gehlot

Shri Bair am Singh Yadav

Shri Giridhar Gomango

Shri H.R. Bhardwaj .

Shri Jagdish Tytler

Shri K. Ramamurthy .

Shri Kalp Nath Rai

Shri Kama! Nath

Shri P. Chidambaram

Shri P.A. Sangma

Shri Rajesh Pilot

Shri Sontosb Mohan Dev

Shri Tunis Gogoi

Minister of State of the Ministry of Infor-mation and Broadcasting

Minister of State of the Ministry of Tex-tiles

Minister of State of the Ministry of Mines

Minister of State of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Minister of State of the Ministry of Han-ning and Programme Implementation

Minister of State of the Ministry of Surfacc Transport

Minister of State of the Ministry of Labour

Minister of State of the Ministry of Power and Non-conventional Energy Sources

Minister of State of the Ministry of Environ-ment and Forests.

Minister of State of the Ministry of Com-merce

Minister of State of the Ministry of Coal

Minister of State of the Ministry of Commu-nications

Minister of State of the Ministry of Steel

Minister of State of the Ministry of Food

Ministers o f State Or. Chinta Mohan Minister o f State in the Miniitry of O m k

cab and Fertilixen

Shrimati D.K. Tharadevi

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Shri Dalbir Singh

Shri Eduardo Faleiro

Shri G. Venkat Swamy

Shri K.C. Lenka

Shri Kamaluddin Ahmed

Shri M. Arunachalam

Shri M.M. Jacob

Shri M.O.H. Farook .

Shri M. Mallikarjun .

Kumari Mamata Banerjec

Shrimati Margaret Alva .

Shri Mullapally Ramachandran

Prof. P.J. Kuricn

Shri P.K.. Thungon

Shri Ramcshwar Thakur .

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agri-cultureMinister of State in the Ministry of Civi

Supplies and Public Distribution

Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development

Minister of State in the Ministry of Parlia-mentary' Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism

Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Depart-ment of Women and Child Development)

Minister of State in theMinistry of Person-nel Public Grievances and Pensions

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agri-cultureMinister of State in the Ministry of Industry

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry'

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

Shri Rangarajan Kumaramangalam Minister of State in the Ministry of Parlia-mentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs

Shri S. Krishna Kumar

Shri Shantaram Potdukbe

Shri Uuambhai H. Patel

Minister of State in the Ministry of Petro-leum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence

Minister of State is the Ministry of Finance

Minister of State in the ItfbiHqr efJU m l Development

39 Atftwdbcfimi ofMinisters

JULY 10,1991 Introduction o f 40Ministers

Deputy Ministers

Kumari Girija Vyas .

Shrimati K. Kama la Kumari

Shri KV. Rangayya Naidu .

Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar

Shri Ram Lai Rahi

Shri S 3 . Nyamagouda

Shii Salman Khursheed

. Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Infor-mation and Broadcasting

. Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Wel-fare

. Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Com-munications

. Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Labour

Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs

. Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Coal

Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Com-merce.

MR SPEAKER: Now the House stands adjourned to meet again to-morrow the 11th July, 1991 half an hour after the President’s Address.

1&26 hrs.The Lok Sabha then adjourned tUi half an hour after the Address by the President on Thursday, July 11. 1991/

Asadha 20. 1913 (Saka)