Even after winning the election, Subhash Chandra Bose had to resign from the post of Congress President, separated the way from Gandhiji

New Delhi: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had to resign from the post of Congress President in 1939. The reason for this was his differences with Mahatma Gandhi and some senior Congress leaders. Netaji was elected the President of the Congress unopposed in 1938. But he had to resign after being elected president again in 1939. Actually, Gandhiji wanted Abul Kalam Azad to become president. But, when Azad refused to contest the election, Gandhiji fielded Pattabhi Sitaramaiya. Even after Netaji's victory in the election, he had to resign due to opposition from Gandhiji and his supporters. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi had differences over ideology. Netaji was the leader of the Garam Dal. At the same time, Gandhiji was a leader on the path of peace and non -violence. Netaji became the President of the Congress for the first time in February 1938. This election was unopposed. Subsequently, he was elected president in 1939, but, something happened that he had to resign from the post of president.

These leaders also opposed Bose

The post of president was to be held at the Congress session on 29 January 1939. Last time Subhash Chandra Bose was elected president. This time too, he was standing for the post of president. Along with Gandhiji, the working committee members Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Jairam Das Daulat Ram, JV Kripalani, Jamna Lal Bajaj, Shankar Rao Dev and Bhula Bhai Desai were also against becoming the president of Subhash.

Kalam did not want to fight against Bose

Subhash Chandra Bose announced his candidature. The Congress Working Committee meeting was held in Bardoli. The candidature of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was announced in this meeting. However, Kalam later withdrew his candidature. Even after Gandhiji's saying, he did not want to contest elections against Subhash Chandra Bose. The reason for this was that both used to come from Calcutta. He did not want two people of Bengal to compete for the post of president.

Appeal to think again on contesting elections

Gandhiji tried to convince Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to contest elections when Maulana Azad did not contest elections. After Nehru refused, Mahatma Gandhi decided the name of Pattabhi Sitaramaiya coming from Andhra Pradesh. The election was to be held on 29 January 1939. A few days before the voting, seven members of the Congress Working Committee, including Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, issued a statement. He appealed to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to think again on his decision to contest elections. They wanted the Pattabhi Sitaramaiya to be elected unopposed. Bose objected to the statement of Patel and other members of the Working Committee. He said that it is not right to take the side of any one.

There was a stir in Congress due to results

On January 29, 1939, elections were held for the post of President of Congress. Subhash Chandra Bose received 1580 votes. Pattabhi Sitaramaiya received 1377 votes. This result created a stir in the Congress. Bose received a lot of support from Bengal, Mysore, UP, Punjab and Madras. After the election, Mahatma Gandhi openly said that the defeat of Pattabhi Sitaramaiya is more than that. Because I had asked the doctor Pattabhi not to back down from the election.

Bose sent Telegram to Gandhiji

Subhash Chandra Bose again became Congress President, but Gandhi supporters dominated the Congress Working Committee. After the election, bitterness increased even more. In March 1939, the annual session of the Congress was to be held at Tripuri near Jabalpur. Before that, the Congress Working Committee meeting was to be held in Wardha on 20-21 February. Bose was ill at that time. He sent Patel a telegram requesting to postpone the working committee meeting for the annual session. He also sent Gandhiji to a telegram and requested the members of the new working committee to choose according to his own. Bose made every effort on his behalf to stop the conflict within the party. But 13 members of the working committee including Patel, Nehru resigned from the working committee accusing Bose of dictatorship.

Bose reached stretcher at the session

Subhash Chandra Bose was ill, yet the Tripuri session of the Congress, 1939 began. It ran from 8 to 12 March. Mahatma Gandhi kept distance from it and he moved to Rajkot. During the session, there was bitterness in the atmosphere. Being sick, Bose reached the stretcher at the convention. The bitterness can be gauged from the fact that a Congressman of the anti -Bose camp even said that it should be checked that he has not kept any onions under armpits. In this way, Bose's disease was also mocked.

Bose had made up his mind to resign

There was a lot of uproar among Subhash supporters and opponents in the Tripuri session. Acharya Kripalani wrote in his autobiography, 'My Life' that Bose's Bengali supporters tore Rajendra Prasad's clothes. The news of this uproar spread across the country. Tagore asked Gandhi to intervene. But Gandhi was sitting on hunger strike then. Nehru tried to intervene and told Subhash to complete his term, but by now Subhash had made up his mind to resign. On 29 April 1939, he left the post of President of Congress. On 3 May 1939, he announced the establishment of forward block at a rally in Calcutta. In this way, his path was separated from Congress and Gandhiji.