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Under these circumstances I oppose the amendment moved by Mr. Lari.

Shri K. Hanumanthaiya (Mysore): Mr. Vice-President,Sir, the amendment moved by Mr. Lari is sponsored on theground of consideration and following progressive ideas. The abontion of capital sentence is a matter open to argument, and I wish to differ from him. We have to look at this problem from two points of view: one from the point of view of the convict himself and the other from the point of view of the State. From the point of view of the convict, I had an idea that the convict would relish a lite sentence in preference to execution. Some days back,I happened to read one of Bernard Shaw's dramas; it was avery good drama concerning the great heroine of France and there she prefers to be burnt alive rather than be kept in prison for a life time. He brings out that idea very beautifully in the drama, I had to change my opinion that the convict would prefer to be kept alive almost untouchedby social inter course and aloof behind the prison walls. The convict would any day prefer to go out of the world instead of being kept almost like a dead person behind the prison walls for a life time.

Shri H.V. Kamath (C. P. and Berar: General): I do not move amendment No. 341, Sir.

Mr. Vice-President: Mr. Tahir may now move the second part of his amendment No. 338; the first part being verbal,I disallow it.

Mr. Mohd. Tahir: I move:

That in clause (2) of Article 10, after the words `forany office', the words `or employment' be inserted.

Sir, the clause as proposed to be amended by me would read:

"(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion,race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth or any of them, be ineligible for any office or employment under the State."

Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar: I am moving an amendment.

Mr. Vice-President: The position seems to be that, when I called out his name previously to move his amendment, Mr.Ayyangar's mind was elsewhere and he did not follow what was happening. He wants to move his amendment now. Am I right?

Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar: Yes, Sir, that is the position.

Mr. Vice-President: You can move it as a special concession. I hope I have the support of the House behind me.

Honourable Members: Certainly.

Mr. Vice-President: Then, we come to amendments numbers345 to 349. These are of similar import.

Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra: (West Bengal: General): Iam not moving amendment No. 345, Sir.

Mr. Vice-President: From amendments numbers 346 to 349,I have selected amendment No. 348 which stands in the nameof Pandit Hirday Nath Kunzru.

Pandit Hirday Nath Kunzru: (United Provinces: General):Mr. Vice-President, Sir, I beg to move:

"That in clause (3) of article 10, for the words `shallprevent the State from making any provision for thereservation' the words `shall, during a period of ten yearsafter the commencement of this Constitution, prevent theState from making any reservation' be substituted."