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MR. SPEAKER: Hold patience for that.  I have already called Prof. M. Ramadass to speak.
            Prof. Ramadass, you are from Pondicherry.  Are you interested in this?
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PROF. M. RAMADASS (PONDICHERRY): Yes.
MR. SPEAKER: Please wait for the reply of the Minister.  What is all this going on?
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SHRI L. RAJAGOPAL (VIJAYAWADA): Sir, Prof. Ramadass is from Pondicherry. … (Interruptions)
MR. SPEAKER: Okay, Pondicherry is sympathetic to the cause of Andhra Pradesh. 
MR. SPEAKER: You have gone to Cauvery Tribunal now.  I am sorry. Let us not enter into a debate.
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PROF. M. RAMADASS : Sir, it is not a debate.  I am just asking some clarifications.  … (Interruptions)
MR. SPEAKER: You can speak only on this.
PROF. M. RAMADASS : Sir, why are you not permitting?
MR. SPEAKER: It is because this is beyond the scope of this Calling Attention.
PROF. M. RAMADASS : Sir, it is not beyond the scope of this Calling Attention.  It is about the violation of different awards given by Water Dispute Tribunals. … (Interruptions)
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PROF. M. RAMADASS : Sir, I am requesting you to kindly permit me to raise only two questions. … (Interruptions)
MR. SPEAKER: You have put your question. 
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PROF. M. RAMADASS : No, Sir.  … (Interruptions)
MR. SPEAKER: Do not think that I am so weak that I cannot enforce discipline in the House.
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PROF. M. RAMADASS : I am still on the clarifications.  … (Interruptions) I am just asking the clarifications.   … (Interruptions)
MR. SPEAKER: Do it.  How long will you take to put a question?  
PROF. M. RAMADASS : Sir, I will take only two minutes.
MR. SPEAKER: All right.
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MR. SPEAKER: I am going out of my way and trying to help in this available time and within the available rules. But nobody bothers to consider what are the problems of the Chair. 
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PROF. M. RAMADASS : Secondly, I want to know whether the Central Government would construct a check dam at the entry of the Karaikal region to store the water and enable the farmers to use the water for agricultural operations and save them from non-availability of water. … (Interruptions)