Conflict With A.D. Patel
In 1964, the Governor proposed the appointment of Andrew Deoki into the Executive Council. A.D. Patel objected to this, stating that “Deoki was uncooperative with him and his group” and threatened to resign as Member for Social Services. The Governor backed down and instead appointed A.D. Patel’s ally, James Madhavan. In 1966, the four Federation members of Legislative Council supported the Agricultural Landlord and Tenants Bill but Deoki showed foresight when he pointed out that the short term nature of the Bill, in the long term, failed to provide security of tenure to the Fiji Indian farmers. He opposed the establishment of the Fiji national Provident Fund (an A.D. Patel initiative) because he believed that economic conditions in Fiji made it impossible for labourers to contribute to the fund. In 1966, after he had lost the election, the Government appointed him as the Vice Chairman of the Sugar Advisory Board, which did not please A.D. Patel as Deoki was based in Suva and had little knowledge of the sugar industry.
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