Entry Into Politics
K.C. Ramrakha joined the Federation Party when its support was concentrated in the sugar cane growing districts of Fiji. One of the four Indian members of the Legislative Council (Andrew Deoki, representing the Southern Constituency which included the districts of Suva, Navua, Nausori and Tailevu in the Central Division elected in 1963 was not a member of the Federation Party). In the 1966 election, A. D. Patel recruited Ramrakha as one of the candidates (the other was Irene Jai Narayan) to extend NFP's support into the Central Division. Ramrakha's main opponent was K.B. Singh, a veteran politician who had first entered the Legislative Council in 1937. Ramrakha easily defeated Singh by 3,220 votes to 677 votes with a third candidate receiving 604 votes.
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