National politics and 1957 elections in India / edited by S. L. Poplai

In February 1955 the Trustees of the Diwan Chand Trust in cooperation with the Indian Council of World Affairs set up the Diwan Chand Indian Information Centre to provide a centre for study and research on political and economic developments in India. The Centre maintains a reference library, which is open to public, organizes discussions current topics and publishes a monthly on journal.

It was felt that it would be useful to prepare a booklet on the second General Elections in India. In addition to the manifestos and special articles explaining the policies of the four national parties, this study also contains an introductory note briefly surveying the developments in the national parties during the period between the two elections. The appendices include information on certain cognate matters as well as a select bibliography, which, we hope, would be found useful by many persons who are unable to give continuous attention to political developments. The introduction was prepared by Shri Sisir K. Gupta, Information Officer of the Centre.

The Indian Council of World Affairs and the Diwan Chand Indian Information Centre are grateful to Messrs. Shriman Narayan, Farid Ansari, Ajoy Ghosh and Balraj Madhok for having written special articles for this book at very short notice and in face of the great pressure of elections upon them. We are also thankful to Prof. V.K.N. Menon, Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration. for contributing a Foreword to this book. We would also like to acknowledge the great enthusiasm and hard work put in by the staff of the Centre, which alone made possible the early publication of this book.