INDIA'S PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18657, 13 March 1924, Page 7

INDIA'S PARLIAMENT.

♦ TACT OS OF HOME RULERS. REFUSAL TO VOTE SUPPLIES Renter. V DELHI, Mar. 11. In the Legislative Assembly, the debate on the Budget was continued, when the Government's demands under four revenue-producing departments, namely the customs, the income, salt, and opium taxes, were keenly discussed. The Swarajists refused supplies in all cases by a narrow majority, ; thereby carrying out an s obstructionist policy. ;> Mr. Motilal, the. Swarajist leader, explained that the action was constitutional, inasmuch ; as it % refused supplies before redress of grievances as expressed in a, resolution carried by the Assembly urging the revision .of the Government of India Act. ~ , Sir Malcolm Hailey, official member of the Assembly, said that so extreme a step could be justified only if the Government had gone' back on its pledges. .On the other - hand, it was moving forward, bur stood for - progress by stages of harmonious evolution. He urged the Liberals not to vote for obstruction, which was bound to be followed by a mass movement in the ; country, and would. also create an unfavourable impression in -tli# minds :of the British . Parliament. • Mr. Motilal announced the decision of his party . not to obstruct the remaining demands for grants, as yesterday's vote established the principal of refusal of supplies A befdre redress of grievances. •