C. Krishnan Nair

Since 1943, he served as the Vice-President and Chief Public Relations Officer of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) and as its President in 1952.

However, he refused and instead proposed the young leader Chaudhary Brahm Prakash, who was only 34 years old at the time, to become the first chief minister of Delhi.

[2][5][6][3][1] In independent India, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) representing Outer Delhi constituency in the First and Second Lok Sabha.

As the SRC effectively suggested to reduce the autonomy of the national capital to the level of a Municipal Corporation, he expressed his disappointment thus: “But what we expected is a fair deal for Delhi just as every Part C State was added to Part A State, which means greater advantage and greater freedom for people of those areas.

It is not so with regard to Delhi.” [10] As a senior Congress leader, he also mentored juniors such as Prem Singh who rose to take up important roles both in the party and government.