I want in this connection to tell my friends what Mr. Fosdick said “History’s current is sweeping us into the future and the illusion that security is dependent upon the absence of change is perhaps the most dangerous form of imbalance which plagues the mind of men“. With these few words I request the honourable Mover to accept my amendment to substitute ‘eighteen months’ for ‘one year’ in clause (6), for the simple reason that if the Constitution does not come into force on 26th January 1950, there may’ be some difficulty for the Madras Bill which received assent in March 1949. If the mover accepts my amendment that anticipated difficulty can be removed. Mine is only a formal amendment and I request the honourable Mover to accept it.
