Dear Editor,

Recently, Mr Abu Bakr wrote in SN on June 29: “…Dr Jagan seemed, as a collectivity, and by that I mean as a political being with a retinue of followers, to have done little to change the grand narrative driven over the years by the PPP, Dan Debidin’s Apaan Jhat slogan, Balram Singh Rai’s Hindu communitarianism, and all the other currents, including the frank racism, alive in his segment of society” (‘The PPP like the PNC has to do some internal cleansing’).

Will Mr Bakr provide the evidence to show that Mr Balram Singh Rai’s ties with the Hindu community were part of some ‘grand narrative’ by Indian leaders to promote racial voting amongst Indians?

Since much of 20th century Guyanese history was not documented accurately, perhaps the Indians neglected to say this. I am asking for this evidence as I do not wish to fall prey to the discourse of ambush, as apparently Mr Ralph Ramkarran did, recently. In other words, if something happened but was never recorded, I am concerned about making a comment only to be told later that I don’t know what record I am defending.

Yours faithfully,
Rakesh Rampertab