In the felicitation function Kamaraj said that India had to face serious problems and all the members should co-operate with Indira Gandhi to solve them. Then he invited Morarji Desai to speak. Morarji said that he was ready to offer his full co-operation.

Then Indira Gandhi spoke in Hindi first and later in English. She said that , she would go in the same track of his predecessors and she requested the co-operation of the members.

* End of Chapter 8 *