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dated November 29, 1957: D.K. agitation condemned

Prime Minister Nehru said in New Delhi on November 28 at a press conference that he did not think the Madras Government would ask the Government of India for any help in dealing with the “Burn the Constitution” agitation, launched by the Dravida Kazhagam in Madras State. But, “if need arises, the help is there in full measure”, he added. Mr. Nehru was replying to a question on the Dravida Kazhagam agitation in Madras. What was happening in Madras, he said, was a “return to barbarism – it is not politics”. “It is a barbarous way of thinking and even more so of acting and no civilised community is going to tolerate this, whatever the consequences”, Mr. Nehru declared.

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