द इण्डियन स्ट्रगल / भारतीय स्वाधीनता संग्राम (नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस - ऐतिहासिक विश्लेषण)

THE GANDHI-IRWIN PACT AND AFTER 235
violence. This resolution was on the same lines as the
'Gopinath Saha resolution' adopted by the Bengal Provincial
Conference in 1924, of which the Mahatma had strongly dis-
approved. The circumstances at Karachi were such that this
resolution had to be swallowed by people who, under ordinary
circumstances, would not have come within miles of it. So
far as the Mahatma was concerned, he had to make his con-
science somewhat elastic. But that was not enough. To
perfect the stage-management, Sardar Kishen Singh, the
father of the late Sardar Bhagat Singh, was brought to the
rostrum and made to speak in support of the Congress
leaders. The tactics of the official party were superb. The
other resolutions passed at the Congress referred to:

1. The ratification of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
2. The mandate given to the Congress delegation to the
   Round Table Conference; and
3. The fundamental rights of the Indian people for
   which the Congress would strive.
   The mandate given to the Congress delegation was in keeping
   with the assurance given by the Mahatma to the writer in
   Bombay. The 'fundamental rights resolution' was meant to
   placate the Socialist elements in the Congress. As for the
   personnel of the Congress delegation, the Working Com-
   mittee was empowered to make the selection. Towards the
   end of the session, the Working Committee for the next year
   was chosen and, as at the Lahore Congress, only such men
   were selected as would be inclined to follow the Mahatma
   blindly. During the Congress session, the Mahatma used to
   hold a public prayer in the morning and unprecedented
   crowds attended it. No propaganda could be more effective
   in drawing public support.
   Simultaneously with the Congress, a session of the All-
   India Naujawan Bharat Sabha (All-India Youth Congress)
   was held in Karachi over which the writer was called upon to
   preside. At that time there was a distinct tendency among
   the youths in Punjab and Sindh to break away from the
   Indian National Congress and run a separate organisation.