458 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Socialist Party and the Scheduled Castes Federation were fighting the elections for democratic socialism for freedom and equality.
He thought though they would not be able to form a Government, they would be able to form a strong opposition.
“Numbers do not matter. It is the quality of opposition that counts”, he added. He appealed to the people to elect at least the best, if not all, of the candidates put up by the Socialists and the Federation, so that the opposition might be of good quality.
Mr. Asoka Mehta could not address the gathering as he was unwell and Mr. M. Harris spoke in his stead. He declared that interested parties had tried to misinterpret the alliance of the Socialists with the Federation.
Earlier, processions from a number of constituencies, from Kurla to Colaba were taken out and they converged on Shivaji Park. The two main processions started from Byculla Bridge and the Docks area.” [1]
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1 : The National Standard, dated 26th November 1951.