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

INTRODUCTION 39
Since May 1934, many of the Left-Wingers have combined
to form an All-India Congress Socialist Party. This party
has so far. found the largest support in the United Provinces
and Bombay—but support is also forthcoming from all over
the country. It is too early to say, how this party will grow in
future, because many of those who may play an important
rôle are either in prison or out of India at the moment. At
present a reshuffling of parties is going on and a realignment
in politics will shortly take place.
Within the Indian National Congress there is an important
and influential Moslem group and this group has its repre-
sentatives in the Congress Cabinet—that is, the Working
Committee. In this group are Moulana¹ Abul Kalam Azad
of Calcutta, Dr. M. A. Ansari of Delhi, and Dr. Mohammed
Alam of Lahore.² Among the Hindu leaders of the Congress
there are some who are more inclined towards the Hindu
Mahasabha—for instance Pandit Madan Mohon Malaviya of
Benares and Mr. M. S. Aney of Berar.
Before 1918, the Congress had two groups—the Extre- .
mists (or Nationalists) and the Moderates (or Liberals). In
1907, the Extremists were driven out of the Congress, but
in 1916 at the Lucknow Congress, a rapprochement was
effected. In 1918, the Moderates being outnumbered by the
Extremists, seceded from the Congress and started the All-
India Liberal Federation. The present leaders of the Liberal
Party are Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru of Allahabad, Sir Chimanlal
Setalvad and Sir Pheroze Sethna of Bombay, the Right Hon.
V. Srinivasa Sastri and Sir Sivaswami Iyer of Madras, Mr.
Chintamani of Allahabad, and Mr. J. N. Basu of Calcutta.
Among the present-day Congress leaders who are loyal
supporters of the Mahatma, are Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel of
Gujerat, Dr. M. A. Ansari of Delhi, Mr. Rajendra Prasad of
Patna, Dr. Mohammed Alam and Sardar Sardul Singh of
Lahore, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of Allahabad, Mr. Raja-
¹ Moulana implies a learned Moslem divine, just as Pandit implies a
learned Brahmin. But the word Pandit is used loosely in some parts of
India, as Kashmir, in reference to all Brahmins, regardless of their learning.
² Mr. Sherwani of Allahabad, Mr. Asaf Ali of Delhi and Mr. Khali-
quzzaman of Lucknow also belong to this group. The first two have
been elected to the Assembly in the elections of November, 1934.