Supporter of Native Land Trust Board
In 1940, K.B. Singh supported the Native Land Trust Bill, which gave control of native land to the Native Land Trust Board. In the 1943 debate in the Legislative Council, on the sugar cane dispute, he condemned the rivalry among Indian leaders when B.D. Lakshman asked for a Royal Commission and Vishnu Deo for a Court of Arbitration. He said that,” when elephants fight the grass is trampled”, pointing out that rivalry among Fiji Indian leaders only harmed the humble farmer.
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