The question is how to do it, how is bring about diffusion in paper ownership. May I suggest that one of the ways to bring about diffusion in the matter of ownership is to put a limit on the ownership of papers by a group or a chain? We have now to consider whether a certain amount of limit should not be contemplated. Now, I would refer to one or two other aspects about the policy of the government itself in reagrd to certain matters. Madam, after the emergency was declared I thought that the patriotic press of India would react to the needs of emergency and I must say, whatever may be the position or the capital structure of the press, whatever may be the monopolistic trends in the Indian Press, in the beginning though the press was comparatively but later on I find that government interfered with the functioning of the various papers and even directed or suggested that certain things should not be published at all and a sort of veiled threat was issued by the Home Ministry to various papers that they should not publish certain things which are critical of Government. I now turn to some of the specific issues that have been raised in the course of the debate? A major priority of this country's foreign policy, as indeed the foreign policy of all the countries, is its relationship with its neighboring countries. We have many common aspects. We are one people in many aspects because we have cultural ties and we have economic linkages. And where we do not have economic linkages, weh ave good reason to have economic linkages. In many respects, therefore, the fraternal spirit must prevail even more vehemently in our own neighbourhoods, in this region, in this sub-continent and therefore the relations with our neighbour and the strengthening of these relations are of priority in our foreign policy objectives. If it was the intention of the framers of the constitution that the legislative as well as the executive power should vest in the president himself then the scheme which was envisaged in section 93 of the government of India act would have been copied in the constitution. The very fact that it has not been done clearly shows that the framers of the constitution expect parliament to exercise the legislative power and only in exceptional circumstances.
