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INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY:
WIDE SUPPORT
Dr. Ambedkar on aim of Organisation
The growing influence of the party and the wide spread support it was receiving from the progressive elements in the Bombay Presidency and outside were emphasised by Dr. Ambedkar to a representative of ‘The Times of India’ prior to his depature for Geneva by the ‘Lloyd Triestino Steamer Conte Verde’ on Wednesday night.
The Independent Labour Party which was recently formed in Bombay has bright chances of success in the forthcoming elections to the new Provincial Legislature according to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Leader of Depressed Classes, who formed the party.
Dr. Ambedkar pooh-poohed the claim of the Congress that it would safeguard the interests of the masses and was emphatic that the “exploiters in the Congress will not allow it to work for the masses.”
“I have been agreeably surprised to find that the publication or the aims and objects of the Independent Labour Party has aroused considerable interest among the General Public,” said Dr. Ambedkar, referring to the numerous inquiries that were being made regarding the future programme of the party.
Branch in Central Provinces
“A Branch of the Party has already been formed in the Central Provinces,” he added,” In the Bombay Presidency, a large number of persons of different classes and communities have generously responded by joining the Party.
“The economic programme of the Party, as also its social and educational Programme, and the fact that the Party has not been organised on communal lines have met with wide acceptance. Although the Party is in its infancy, it is gaining wide-spread support from various progressive elements all over the Presidency.”