When Sarat Bose struck out at Mahatma Gandhi By IANS | Published on Sat, Jan 23 2021 19:06 IST | 0 Views
New Delhi, Jan 23 : Subhas Chandra Bose struck out at the Congress holy trinity of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru like a terminal velocity in 1938 and 1939 at two successive Congress sessions. His entry as Congress President was akin to a ripcord as he posed not just a challenge to the heavy hitters but ushered in a new thinking and ideal for the Party. At the Haripura Congress, Subhas Chandra Bose became president of the Congress and a year later in Tripuri, he forced the issue again despite strident opposition from the trio and won the Presidency by 95 votes more than Gandhiji's candidate Pattabhi Sitaramayya. After Bose won convincingly, Gandhi said Pattabhi's defeat was "more mine than his".