BOMBAY: The Prime Minister, Pandit Jawa­harlal Nehru declared here today [April 26]: “The Government of India’s patience in dealing with the issue of Hyderabad State is on the verge of being exhausted.” Pandit Nehru was answering a question at a reception given by the Bombay Union of Journalists whether the Government of India would intervene in Hyderabad State if the safety of the people in the State were endangered by the activities of the Razakars.

Pandit Nehru said it was not a question of accession, nor even of responsible Govern­ment in the state although these issues were important… . “The real question is this,” Pandit Nehru said, “that a certain section of people in Hyderabad is committing hostile acts against the Government of India. We do not know if that section of people represents the Hyderabad Government. We do not know if the Hyderabad Government is powerless to check it, or, maybe, they do not desire to check it. [”]

“In either event, the time has arrived when this hostility must cease. If the Hyderabad Government cannot stop it, other measures will be adopted to stop it.”

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2023