A statement of fact

Sir, - What the BJP leader, Mr. K. R. Malkani, said about the offer of the King of Nepal to accede to India is cent per cent correct. Addressing a public meeting organised by the All India Students Congress in Chennai on December 24, 1962, Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon remarked that if, instead of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel had been the Prime Minister, the latter would have unhesitatingly accepted the offer and the small gain would have resulted in a big loss. The second point to be noted is that the BJP Government is pleased to distance itself from Mr. Malkani's ``views'' and not from his ``statement of fact''.

S. M. Pasha,

Chennai

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