Congratulations to Dr Kabir Hossain on his nomination as a Conservative Party candidate from East London’s Betnal Green Bow constituency for the British parliamentary elections. His sense of achievement is so much the greater for being a Conservative Party choice rather than a liberal party nominee. It seems the conservatives are optimistic about Hossain's chances in a constituency where the Bangalees are a sizable number.

They have a sprinkling of representation in the local bodies and councils but it is for the first time that one has had the blessings of the Conservative Party to try his luck for the Commons. Hossain has done his own community In Britain proud and, in an extended sense, all of us here, too. If he goes on to become a British MP, regardless of whether or not his party is voted back to power, he is likely to contribute his mite towards bettering the lot of the subcontinental population in Britain.

Reputably, the Bangalees are politically highly conscious wherever they maybe, and articulate . in the expression of their view-points which perhaps mark them out among the immigrant communities. They are quick to learn the political idiom of the country of their adoption. Furthermore, the British public have had a sort of sustained interest in the evolution of Bangla-

I -.nd in the Welfare of Its people.