Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-23
|Ne|1ru Declares
HeWon't YieId
On StateShifts

NEW DELHI, India. Jan. %
l(R.-The high command OF
Prime Minister Nehru's Congress
Party warned Indians today
their dissension over creation OF
new states has created "a dan
gerous situation full of peril to
the nation"
A l,O00-word resolution. re-
portedly drafted by the Prime
Minister himself, declared the
central government would not be
swayed by violence such as that
which swept Bombay last week
to protest loss of the city as
capital of a new Maratha state,
Most Congress Party pro-
nouncements amount to state
ments Of official government
policy since the party complete
lily dominates the central admin
istration under Mr.. Nehru
The Bombay protests. strikes
and street battles, compounded
by sabotage, arson and looting,
have been followed by similar
Outbreak in Calcutta, Orissa
State, Punjab and other points
bringing the greatest domestic
crisis the Nehru government has
faced in the six years of the In
dian Republic.
II Deaths Announced
The Bombay State government
announced at noon that il had
been killed in the week of riot
ling and that SIS had been
wounded, 225 by police gunflre
Police casualties were given as
l25 wounded. But reliable in
formants said the death toll
more probably was near 400, with
thousands wounded.
The resolution - entitled "A
Call To The Nation'-was re-
LEASED following a four-hour
meeting yesterday of the Con-
gress Party Central Committee
at Mr.. Nehru's official residence
1t said the Bombay disturbances
"imperil the future of India and
her people" and urged Indians
mot to allow any differences of
opinion over relatively minor
matters to come in the way of
the nations larger efforts"
1t declared the Bombay riots
"disgraced and dishonored Bonn
bay and India" Without nam
ing any specific group. the res
Iolution said descriptive forces
have been at work in the guise
of linguistic provinces but often
with other aims in views" Bonn
bay State authorities claim Com
munists were largely responsible
for melting and directing the
disorders there, working on the
emotions of the Marathi-speak-
ing people who want the city as
their capital when Bombay State
lis split next October between
Marathas and Gujaratis.
Violence Subsidies
The resolution warned that al
though mob violence has sub
sided in Bombay. the situation
remains dangerous and at is of
the highest Importance that an
ti-national. reactionary and anti
social forces should not be al
lowed to lead the country into
disaster and disruption" 1t said
the government will not change
its plan to make Bombay City a
separate governmental unit ad-
ministered directly by the central
government from New Delhi.
Two senior ministers of the
Bombay State recommendation
Marathas-resigned today in
protest against this plan and
other Maratha ministers are ex-
lpected to follow suit. Bombay
Chief Minister Morarji Desai, a
Gujaretti. asked the two to con-
tinue in Office until a decision by
the Congress Party central COM
Imittee on whether their resig-
nations are consistent with party
loyalty.
Mr.. Nehru addressed the COM
mittee meeting yesterday in what
one member described as lone
of the most moving speeches
ever heard, bringing tears to
many eyes"