Mr. Satyanarayan Sinha: Mr. President, Sir, I beg to move the following motion which stands in my name:- Resolved that this Assembly do proceed to elect a Vice-President in accordance with sub-rule (1) of Rule 12 of the Constituent Assembly Rules...

Mr. Satyanarayan Sinha: Mr. President, Sir, I beg to move the following motion which stands in my name:- Resolved that this Assembly do proceed to elect a Vice-President in accordance with sub-rule (1) of Rule 12 of the Constituent Assembly Rules. Sir, with your permission, I would read to the House the Rules of Procedure regarding the Vice-Presidents which we passed in the last session. Now, Sir, according to Rule 16, if there is no Vice-President to preside over the Assembly, the Assembly may choose any member to perform the duties of the Chairman. So, even if you are absent for a short time, on such occasions the Assembly will have to elect one of its members to preside over the Deliberations