Will you permit, me, Sir, to clarify the importance of these amendments by reading out to the House how the Article would read in case the amendments are accepted by the House? Article 277-A would read, in case my amendments are accepted by the House, as follows :
“277-A. It shall be the duty of the Union Government to protect every State against external aggression or internal insurrection or chaos and to ensure that the Government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provision of this Constitution.”
Article 278 (1) would read, in case my amendments are accepted by the House, as follows :-
“278. (1) If the President, on receipt of a report from the Governor or Ruler of a State, is satisfied that a grave emergency has arisen which threatens the peace and tranquility of the State and that Government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, he may, etc., etc.“