The question is:
“That in clause (2) of article 64, for the word ‘President’, where it occurs for the first time, the words ‘Government of India’, for the word ‘President’, where it occurs for the second time, the words ‘Council of Ministers’, and for the word ‘President’ where it occurs for the third time the words ‘Government of India’ be substituted respectively, and the following proviso be added at the end of clause (2) :–
‘Provided that nothing in this article shall invalidate any act or word of Government expressed in the name of a particular Department or Ministry’.”
The amendment was negatived.