sentences:  For the 1966 elections, the Alliance Party asked the National Congress to put forward names of its candidates.Prasad put his own name for the Western cross-voting seat, while K. S. Reddy was nominated for the Nadi/Nadroga seat and James Shankar Singh for the Ba seat.Singh, was able to use his influence with Kamisese Mara to have the Western cross-voting ticket given to Reddy and the Nadi/Nadroga ticket (against Patel) given to Prasad.