asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he is aware that it is the intention of the Swaraj party that now controls the Legislative Council of the Central Provinces to introduce a Bill in that Council to remove the disabilities against the candidature of political convicts, as laid down in the electoral rules under the Government of India Act; and, if so, what action he intends to take in the matter?

I am not aware of this intention, and I may observe that a Provincial Council has no power to override rules made under the Government of India Act.