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Sir, I was listening with attention to the speech made by the Mover of this Motion of Thanks, Shri Shanta Kumar. We have to take stock of what we have come across over the passage of the five decades since 1947. The late lamented Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Jewel of India, hoisted the Tricolour with Ashok Chakra at the midnight of 14-15 August 1947, when the whole world was sleeping. I recall his words that `we have made a tryst with destiny.' Sir, Pandit Nehru was a visionary and a legend of our times. Of course, when we take into account the stock of what we have got over half a century, we find that we have met with both success and failure. We have got so many achievements. But we have faced crises and challenges also. Pandit Nehru was also conscious of the fact that we have met disappointments and failures. With that consciousness in mind, he had look at the poem which he cherished all his life, the poem of Robert Frost. It says and I quote:

A national water policy which will provide for effective and prompt settlement of disputes and a time-bound implementation of the award has been proposed. Hon. Shri P.A. Sangma has raised certain doubts about this promise. But we have to evolve a national water policy keeping in mind the concept which has been enshrined in the international law by international forums regarding rivers even crossing the boundaries of countries.

Today, I have a feeling of pride, jubilation and happiness. The words of Arignar Anna, which I have always cherished in my heart come to my memory. In the year 1963, when many hon. Members of the Lok Sabha were sitting in the gallery of the Rajya Sabha, Anna made a statement on the floor of Rajya Sabha. I remember his words and I quote:

Our friends not only here but throughout the country should not have any misconception as if we are going to totally scrap and bring a new Constitution. Not at all. This Constitution has been amended more or less 80 times. In the Constituent Assembly debates, in its closing stages, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar, in his wisdom, clarified this point. I quote his speech given on the 25th November, 1949 in the Constituent Assembly.

"The Assembly has not only refrained from putting a seal of finality and infallibility upon this Constitution by denying to the people the right to amend the Constitution as in Canada or by making the amendment of the Constitution subject to the fulfilment of extraordinary terms and conditions as in America or Australia, but has provided a most facile procedure for amending the Constitution."

SHRI VAIKO : The Statement made by the hon. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu appeared in every newspaper not only once but more than once. ... (Interruptions)

MR. CHAIRMAN : Shri Baalu, you will get the chance.

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SHRI VAIKO : I quoted the exact words of Dr. M. Karunanidhi. ... (Interruptions)

MR. CHAIRMAN: Shri Vaiko, please...

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SHRI VAIKO : Pandara paradesigal vadakkea erundu varugiravargal virattappadavendum. Here, the meaning of `pandara paradesigal' is the B.J.P. and that they should be chased from the soil of Tamil Nadu who are coming from the North. ... (Interruptions)