Himalayan Times (1951)

Two aUmoMMm £ >•"» December 1981

'DO NOT GAMBLE WIT

Mr. A. K. Basil Appeal

A meeting of the Congress Party
• ook place at the Chowk Bazar. Kurseong
on the 2nd December, lM.it, at .'I V. M.
for Introducing Congress candidates to
the public, who are contesting for
seats in the State Legislature ami in
the House of the IN ople. Srimali M iva
Devi Ciietri, Secretary of the l>i-tri't
Congress Committee took the ihiir.

Mr. A. K Basu. Candidate for
House of People from North Bengal
Constituency said ' there is county wide
disappointment and despair over the
scarcity of food and cloth and or other
essential commodities In our despair
and disappointment let us not lose our
judgment, let us not lose sight of I he
fact that the preliminary condition n -ce-
ssarv to solve this and other problems
is to have a strong and stable Govern-
ment. On the eve of the Klection let
us adequately realise what a critical
period our 4 years old infant nation has
been passing through sinite our Indepen-
dence

Through this period the Congress
Government have well maintained Law
and Order. There' has been no chaos.
cHiifu'ion or anarchy. There has been
no insurrection no bloodv revolution — no
successful invasion of th' eonntrv and
no involvement in foreign wars. We go
about our normal life taking these as
a matter of course. We rend every day
in news paper reports of what has been "
happening in the South Last Asian
Countries. We do not feel thankful to
I he C.ingress Government fur this remark
able achievement that such things have
not happened here—and that because
the Government have been strong and
stable,— Picture to yourself what would
have happened, if instead, we had a

^ THE NATIONS FATE'.

To Voters At Kurseong

lonely knit leftist coalition to rule the
country. The critical period is not over
yet—'the peril is as real today as it
has been the last 4 years on the evo
of the Klection, Voters please keep this
at t ie b .ck of your mind.

The spear head of the anti Congress
attack is the failure of the Covernment
to tackle the food problem. It is true
that food situation is disappointing and
even ilespcra:e. But is the change of
the (lovt. the remedy for it T Do you
expect a spectacular ptentifnlness cf rice
by a change ol the Govt.?

The prtsent Govt, have given first
priority to the food question The Govt,
have imported more rice than ever in
the history of the country. The Defence
Badget has been reduced lo an irredu-
cible minimum to pay tor such imports
cultivation is being stopped up—modem
scientific methods are being introduced.
But you cannot expect in the economic
t-pheres miracle to be performed by the

Government, Let not tie- Voters bo

mislead by promises of plenty from the

change in the Government,

This is ihe first Qeneral Klection
under the Republic. Electors arc taking
a fautul decision. The destiny of the
nation dejiends mi it. Let the decision
be with a full sens- of nsposihihty on
the part" of each of you. 1 appeal to

to vou, do not gamble nitfa the nations

fate'. '

Sri Bal Bahadur Chelri analysed his
differences with the Corkha League party
and exhorted the people to caste their
votes for Congre-s.

Sri T. Menon emphasised the im-
portance of the Congress party in our
national life.