Congress Party Announce Counter-Action Believed to be Their Policy Under Consideration Allshabad, Aug. 7, A far-reaching policy on agrarian reform in the provinces in which the National Indian Congress holds a majority was foreshadowed to-day by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, President of the Congress.
The ultimate objective of the Con-ares, he declared, was the abolition zamindari, or ' the land. tenure system, but the method of abolition and the question of compensation had yot been decided, although full compensation would be unjust and lunpractical, It" was Intended, "he added, to introduce income tai Aguicultural Ineomes above a certain minimum.
The question of Imperial social services, Jawaharlal Nehru conclud-fed, would necessitate planned action, but big-scale action could not taken without complete political and economic power to prevent obstruction by big foreign and Indian vested
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