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dated March 30, 1957: Nehru re-elected leader

Prime Minister Nehru was on March 29 unanimously re-elected leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party consisting of the newly-elected Congress members of the Lok Sabha and Congress members of the Rajya Sabha. Since the Congress has overwhelming majority in Parliament, Mr. Nehru's election means that he will pilot the ship of state for another term of five years. When Maulana Azad announced Mr. Nehru's unanimous election as leader, the whole gathering burst into applause. Led by the Congress President, Mr. U.N. Dhebar, who was present by special invitation, several Congress leaders garlanded Mr. Nehru. The only name for the leadership of the party - Mr. Nehru's - was proposed by Mr. Omkarnath (Delhi) and seconded by Smt. Sharda Bhargava (Rajasthan). Addressing the members soon after his election, Mr. Nehru said he was only too willing to carry on the great responsibility of being a Prime Minister. Both physically and mentally he felt he was fit. However, in a parliamentary democracy it would be good to lay down a convention that no person should continue too long in any position of high responsibility. In America, they had a law passed by which nobody could be elected as President for a third time. It was a good law. Of course, there was the exception of President Roosevelt being chosen for a fourth time because America wanted him to continue the leadership during the war.

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