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

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Presidency of the writer, where a similar resolution was
passed. The Right-Wing trade unions had seceded in the
meantime, but all the other unions joined the Congress.
Trouble arose from the very beginning over the question of
credentials. After the Nagpur session of the Trade Union
Congress held in 1929, a split had occurred among those
trade unionists who were generally regarded as Communists.
Mr. M. N. Roy, the erstwhile representative of India, on the
Communist International, was expelled from that body.
Following this incident, a split occurred among the prisoners
in the Meerut Conspiracy Case and also among their followers
in Bombay. One group was reported to follow the lead of
the official Communist Party and the other of Mr. M. N.
Roy. The Girni-Kamgar Union (Textile Workers' Union)
of Bombay, formerly controlled jointly by members of both
the groups, was the scene of a split and the Credentials Com-
mittee of the Trade Union Congress reported that the Roy
group was in possession of the union and was therefore
entitled to be represented on the Trade Union Congress.
This was resented by the other group, who thereupon resorted
to constitutional obstruction culminating in a motion of
no-confidence in the President. This motion being defeated,
the anti-Roy group withdrew from the Congress after creating
a lot of disturbance and set up a Red Trade Union Congress.¹
After the defection, the Congress continued its deliberations.
It resolved not to affiliate with any international body but to
continue unaided the struggle for the rights of the Indian
workers. Mr. Ruikar, President of the Nagpur Textile
Workers' Union, was elected President for the coming year,
and Mr. S. Mukundalal of Calcutta was elected the Secretary.
In spite of the internal dissensions in the Trade Union
Movement, barring the Right-Wingers, all other trade-
unionists were opposed to the Delhi Pact. The Pact contained
no clause benefiting the workers in any way and neither
the under-trial Meerut prisoners nor those convicted in
connection with industrial strikes, were granted amnesty.
Two Right-Wing leaders, Mr. V. V. Giri and Mr. Shiva Rao
¹ From the beginning the Red Trade Union Congress has not shown
much sign of activity except occasionally in Bombay and in Calcutta.