@Prashad posted:This Iguana is full of shit. The Jagans hated Rai and his family. They regarded Rai as an East Indian racist. Prashad heard Jagan say that himself. Jagan would never choose Rai over Sidney King.
Stupid man, refer to the 1957 elections for the legislature. Both Sidney King (now Eusi Kwayana) and Rai were PPP members, King a founding member of the Party.
Both ran, Jagan threw his support behind Rai. Why? Indian racism. Not necessarily on Jagan's part, but his closest supporters who preferred Indian nationalism over the work of a loyal black man.It was Jagan who brought Rai to prominence you jackass. He made him Home affairs minister etc. over King.
It was the beginning of the split as blacks, including Burnham, observed the racism of fellow Indian PPPites.
I know what I am talking about because my late father was one of the early PPP folks along with Burnham and Kwayana. We know first hand of the bigotry of folks like you that Jagan tolerated for his own survival.
Ramakant, the incident you refer to was much later in the 60's when Rai challenged Jagan directly via a dispute with Benn.