319 1 THERE is nothing in the present non-co-operation programme in respect of which there need be any substantial difference of opinion among nationalist leaders. In this respect, Bezwada has completed the work begun at Nagpur. When the non-co-operation resolution was first put before the Congress at Calcutta, not only did a large and powerful minority stand aloof from Mahatma Gandhi and his supporters, but this minority included every nationalist leader of the first rank, with the exception of Pandit Motilal Nehru. The process of re-unification began almost immediately after the Special Congress, when large numbers of prominent nationalists in every Province, who did not believe in the boycott of the Councils, decided to stand aside from the elections, for no other reason except that the Congress had passed the boycott resolutions. It is an open secret that until a few days before the annual session of the Congress some of the most prominent leaders were still not only in a hesitating mood, but were almost sure that they would have to put in a resolute fight at Nagpur. When the Congress did meet at Nagpur, however, a change was visible. What happened either in the subjects committee or at the open session is now a matter of history. Suffice it to say that the vast majority of those leaders who had differed from Mr. Gandhi at Calcutta was won over by the modifications which the non-co-operation resolution at Nagpur. But one leader of commanding position and authority still held out. Pandit Malaviya was unreconciled and opposed to a very substantial part of the programme. Few men can be said to represent the soul of India more truly than Pandit Malaviya, and the fact that he could not accept the programme could only mean that there were large numbers of people who remained to be inwardly convinced.