JEEP CREDIT TO RAMGARH

Summary

This six-page institutional report documents the Parliamentary Sub-committee’s decisions on allocating jeeps obtained through a Rs. 4 lakh Centre-arranged credit to endorsed parliamentary candidates in Bihar. Minutes of meetings in Bangalore and Agra instructed the Bihar State unit, district presidents, and the Raja of Ramgarh to provide one jeep to each endorsed or soon-to-be-endorsed candidate. The report records repeated assurances by Kamakhya Narain Singh, the Raja of Ramgarh and State President, that the allocations would be implemented without delay.

Key points

• The Parliamentary Sub-committee directed that Centre-financed jeeps be delivered to endorsed parliamentary candidates.
• The allocation was described as one jeep for each of 15 endorsed or prospective endorsed candidates in Bihar.
• Correspondence from the Centre repeatedly sought confirmation of delivery dates, vehicle numbers, and transfers.
• The report records that assurances by the Raja of Ramgarh were not fulfilled and that endorsed candidates continued to complain of non-delivery.
• Complaints attributed the delays to absent funds, disordered vehicles, lack of instructions, and the Raja’s retention or reassignment of jeeps.
• The concluding assessment states that the Raja failed to implement the Sub-committee’s decisions and did not respond to communications.
• The report says the Centre no longer had a moral commitment to assist the Raja under the terms of the credit arrangement.