Shri S. A. Dange : I would have dismissed the Governor.
Shri Y. B. Chavan : That is why I put an ‘If - if he had the same loyal to the Constitution as I had .... Unfortunately, you have not got the same loyalty.
Shri S. A. Dange : The Constitution does not prevent the removal of a Governor who is incompetent.
Shri Y. B. Chavan : Only because he took a decision not to your liking you consider him incompetent. That is a very arbitrary way of judging very important functionaries under the Constitution; you cannot think of them so lightly.
Shri S. A. Dange : The Home Minister should remember that Dr. Sampurnanand was made a Governor after he proved his incompetence in U. P.
.... The question ultimately comes to this. Our intention was to create conditions in Rajasthan so that a responsible Government can be installed there; our intentions are still the same and this Proclamation is for an interim period. I would therefore request the hon. Member to use the language of restraint which will help us create conditions in Rajasthan so that a responsible Government may be installed. Even today suggestions were thrown about that the Governor should be dismissed that they will fight this and they will fight that. This type of talk is not conducive to the restoration of responsible Government.
The basis on which the no-confidence motion has been tabled is completely misconceived. It is rather an unusual decision but it had to be taken to save the democratic form of Government in Rajasthan. We wanted that the people should have the right to form their Government as early as possible and run the administration of Rajasthan. That is exactly the purpose. The basis on which this no confidence motion has been tabled is misconceived and misleading and has possibly arisen out of the political hostility to this Government. I could see that from the speeches. Other Members instead of confining themselves to the issue of Rajasthan, went to the right and to the left and found fault with the Government.
An hon. Member : Where are you?
Shri Y. B. Chavan : At the Centre. The last speech I heard was very interesting. I can find the real reason for this no-confidence motion. It is not only Rajasthan; it is something else which is troubling them. The hon. member Mr. Dange has mentioned many other points. He does not like the Government. The Members there do not like the success of the Government at the Centre here or the Congress Party. Taking a general view of the election results, we never thought that we were going to be the monopolist party in this country. We have accepted the rules of the game. I think the Congress at least has a better claim that the present form of elections and the present form of the Constitution was their gift to the country.
