In this province... we have... refugees coming in a state of mental excitement which enables the careerist politician to get hold of them and utilize them for various types of propaganda against the government and the Congress.

In a communication with Pandit Nehru on the issue of large scale influx of refugees after partition from East Bengal in January 1948.Joya Chatterji (2010). The Spoils of Partition. Cambridge University Press. pp. 130–31. ISBN 978-1-139-46830-5.