Summary
In this one-page press release dated Madras, 2 June, M. R. Masani criticizes recent decisions of the party’s National Executive for yielding to short-term expediency. He says that efforts to present alternatives to the Executive were rejected by a majority, leaving him to decline re-election to the seat and Executive position entrusted to him.
Masani nevertheless argues that the party can be revived through the work of members who use ethical and disciplined methods to reawaken its ideals and restore its credibility. He treats recent electoral reverses in Haryana, a Dausa by-election in Rajasthan, and Panchayat elections in Gujarat as warnings. Unless the party puts its house in order, he says, its future is bleak, while promising to do everything in his power to avert such a catastrophe.
Key points
- Masani objects to what he describes as the National Executive’s surrender to short-term political expediency.
- He states that proposed alternatives were rejected by a majority.
- He declines re-election to a seat and to the Executive position previously entrusted to him.
- He calls for ethical and disciplined party work to revive its ideals and credibility.
- He cites electoral reverses in Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat as warnings.
- He offers to continue working to prevent the party’s collapse.
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