What I should like to see is the incorporation of a large number of provisions of the defence of India act in the constitutional powers which the union government enjoys at present, particularly those powers relating to the economic life of the community. I am not very happy at the large number of persons who have been detained in jail, and in view of the general relaxation of conditions on the border, I think that the time has come for government to release all persons unconditionally. At preset, by-elections are being held in various states, and it means that the election commission as well as the government of India have come to accept the position that the conditions are so far improved that the ordinary democratic processes can function. If that is the case, there is no need whatever for the detention of persons in jail on account of the emergency. What I should like to recommend to the government is that, barring the provisions that they have in respect of the control of the economic life of the community, they should allow normal conditions to return. Now, I should like to refer to vote no. 9 on the defence services. I believe it is generally known to this house and the country that recruitment to the army has not been satisfactory and that a large number of young persons have not come forward to offer themselves for recrutiment. There have been pockets of grievances in many states that persons who could not answer in English at the interview have been rejected and a deputation waited on the prime minister to urge upon him at the need for review of cases of rejection. In view of the fact that Hindi has become the official language of this country since 1965, I think that the time has come for the army authorities to conduct the oral examination.
