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Chronicle (Levin), 24 June 1946, Page 5

Received Sundav 7.30 p.m. NEW DELHI, June 23. j Mr. Neliru, who left Uri yesterday; afternoon by car for Rawalpindi where j he boarded an aeroplane, has arrived : at New Delhi where he was received by prominent niembers of Congress. Congress Working Committee, after four liours' eonsideration of eorrespon-' dence between Lord Wavell and klr. ' Jinnah on niodiflcations to the Mission's proposals, deferred the question until Mr. Nehru. joins the committee. Congress eireles are of opinion that Mr. Gandhi's advice to the committee will decide the fate of the klission 's proposals as far as Congress is concerned. Fifty-six Siklt . leaders representing all shades .of ' Sikli opinion; v at "ari einergency meeting of the United -Siklt. Board, unanimously ' dec.ided , ..- that the §iklx. ■ repres'feptatjye, -^u'uja'b : ,«ar^ar Btildev Singhj sliould dekl ine" r'tiie- Yiieroy 's invitation to participate in' the interim Governnient. The Prime Minister, Orissa Hari Krishna Mahatab, informed the Yiceroy he was unable for personal reasons to accept the invitation to serve on India's interim Cabinet. ..Reuter recalls that the Congress Working Committee on Mareli 19 eontende'd that Mahatab eould not be ' spared from his post and pressed for the inclusion of the Congress Party Jeader in tlie Central Assembly, Sarat Chandra Bose. Dr. Azad today ordered Mr. Nehru to return from Kashmir to Delhi. This was the Congress reply tcf a telegram from Mr. Nehru requesting the Working Committee to carry on without him as he was wliolly unable to. return until full liberty of movement, ineluding the visit to Srinagar, was accorded him. Dr. Azad's message stated that the Congress was as equally solicitous as Mr. Nehru ragarding Sheik Abdullah's case and the welfare of the Kashmir peoples but considered his presence at Delhi essential above all other matters. They therefore expected Mr. Nehru to return to Delhi aiul notify the Maharajah of Kashmir he would return to Kashmir "to retrieve your honour and fulfil your mission, ' ' as soon as freed by Congress. "