Bs tl ira Ghandi’s government. | nt 8easion of The IX Congress of hr Uist Party of India to be held : Nae 0, General Secretary C. Ra- tin, GAVE an interview for World Why '° 9ur correspondent Sadhan he interview is slightly NEW DELHI rbot is the significance of the pres- Making which the IX Congress of the Vin, 9 Place? x leg in puificance of this CP Con- The Wh the fact that it takes place at nen or right reactionary parties, Mais, the monopolists, princes and 4 *eenty ~— after their virtual rout at gj.) Seld parliamentary polls — : toad 4 and the path for advance Msp.) 2ational-democratic revolu- } a ech Ned up. hen ons ess is also meeting at a Py, CUT Party has a number of Mii at cuievements to its credit in ‘try tel as well as in the field of Oy, Bles since our last Congress in Th tigi ® prestige is high because ‘ Day, ¥ \ react 4 averting the danger from Nn to our country for the pres- Nee ey after our last Congress, ito Ced with the problem of un- Co preweuvers of the leadership Whe * SS Party — then united — Brea united front governments ‘ ch the monopoly of political hs. at had lost in the 1967 general NL toil © CP played an important ae these maneuvers and in- x! at eve defeat to the Congress thites ip wosterm elections to state Kina N 1969 in West Bengal, Bihar, Some other states. Ry. Co he RBress Party’s hope of regain- ey of political power was %0 Ost, political and factional sen, Th Ong submerged, burst into u's Joa left and middle-of-the-road y Tealiney Prime Minister Indira “be ‘ €d that the Congress Party “Med if it persisted in its out- ready Woman, baby in arms, casts her ballot in election to determine support for Prime ficant and consistent role it: Secretary CPI and-out anti-people policies. These differences were accentuated at the time of the presidential elections when the right reactionary elements in the Congress Party together with all reac- tionary forces hatched a plot to capture the central government by throwing out the Prime Minister. But their game was foiled by the com- bined strength of the left and democratic parties and sections within the Congress Party led by the Prime Minister, aided by the popular upsurge against the rightist coalition. Since then breathtaking events have been taking place in rapid succession: nationalization of 14 big banks, ouster of rightwing Congress leader Morar}! Desai from the Central government, victory of VV. Giri in the presidential election, split in the Congress party, move for abolition of privy purses and privileges of princes, and many others.