Asked by the Associated press representative for any ΓÇÿstoryΓÇÖ, Mr. Gandhi remarked:
You can write about the flowers and garlands that you see in the car.
At the octroi post, the car stopped for a minute when a letter from Mr.Emerson,Home Secretary,was handed to Gandhiji.
Gandhiji, interviewed by a representative of the Associated Press of India who stood on the running board of his car, stated that he had received no invitation from the Viceroy but from the Home Secretary. He would stay in Simla for two or three days, possibly longer, and then proceed probably to Nainital.
Q. Will you be going to London?
A. I cannot say yet.
Q. What about the prospect of communal settlement?
A. I have been far too absorbed in affairs in Borsad and therefore could not tell you.
Q. You might have known of the proceedings of the Conference at Bhopal?
A. No.
Q. Do you expect to attend the informal meeting in Simla of Indian members of the Federal Structure Committee?