Ignoring a grave warning from Viceroy, Lord Willingdon, the Legislative Assembly to-day rejected" the Finance Bill by 64 votes to 41.
Viceroy had pointed out that the" Government's revenue would suffer a loss of £3,750.000 it the series of anti-government _amendments submitted tothe "Assembly were adopted.
'Sir James Grigg, Finance Member' of the Government of India, said to-day that some of the amendments were absolutely impracticable.
He asserted that the Congress Party had systematically carried out their policy of foreing the Government fo exercise its emergency pow-Jers. The authorities were prepared to. consider their views as fully as! possible if the opposition were prepared to ce-operate in the interests, of the people.
As'a result of the Assembly's vote, the Bill will be certified by the Viceroy and placed before the Council of State on April 9, where it expected to be passed—Reuter-
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