Anna movement started as a second war of independence , Kejriwal formed AAP
to convert it to a political revolution. But the way leading men and women
associated with the movement are leaving the AAP , saying that Kejriwal is
failing to respond to their communication . This is surprising as the means of
communication have become million times faster than the times of Gandhi and
Bose.
Given below are the letters written
by Bose to Gandhi on 31-3-1939 and the response given by Gandhi on 2-4-1939. Just
see their promptness to respond, level of dialogue , their dedication to the
cause, their respect for each other.
Hope AAP leadership match this..
Bold and italics in the letters are mine ( letters are taken from “
Selected letters of Mahatma Gandhi”
Lettter From Subhash Chander
Bose to Mahtma Gandhi
March 31, 1939
My dear Mahatmaji,
Asking For Mahtma
Gandhi’s Views
. . . I shall be
grateful if you could let me know your reaction to Pant's resolution. You are
in this advantageous position that you can take a dispassionate view of things
- provided of course, you get to know the whole….. You can easily assess things
at their proper value, regardless of the persons who visit you.
Bound By the Organisation Constitution
You can easily imagine my own view of
Pant's solution. But my personal feelings do not matter so much. In public life
we have often to subordinate personal feelings to public considerations. As I
have said in a previous letter, whatever one may think of Pant's resolution
from the purely constitutional point of view, since it has been passed by the
Congress, I feel bound by it. Now do you regard that resolution as one of
no-confidence in me and do you feel that I should resign in consequence
thereof? Your view in this matter will influence me considerably…
Giving Own Opinion
On Puran Swaraj
. The
international situation as well as our own position at home convinced me nearly
8 months ago that the time had come for us to force the issue of Purna Swaraj.
. . .
…I am so confident
and so optimistic on his point that I feel if we take courage in both hands and
go ahead we shall have Swaraj inside of 18 months at the most.
I feel so strongly
on this point that I am prepared to make any sacrifice in the connection. If
you take up the struggle, I shall most gladly help you to the best of my
ability. If you feel that the Congress will be able to fight better with
another president I shall gladly step aside…. If self-effacement will further
the national cause, I assure you most solemnly that I am prepared to efface
myself completely. I think I love my country sufficiently to be able to do
this.
Respect For Gandhi
My letter has become
to long, so I must stop here. If I have said anything which appears to you to
be erroneous, I hope you will pardon me. I know you always like people to speak
frankly and openly. That is what has emboldened me in writing this frank and
long letter.
With respectful
Pranams,
Yours affectionately,
SUBHASH
Reply By Mahatma Gandhi to
Subhash Chander Bose
New Delhi,
2-4-1939
My dear Subhash,
I have yours of
31st march as also the previous one. You are quite frank and I like your
letters for the clear enunciation of your views.
Honesty of views
The view you
express seem to be so diametrically opposed to those of the others and my own
that I do not see any possibility of bridging them…What is wrong is not the
differences between us but loss of mutual respect and trust.
Taking all things
into consideration, I am of opinion that you should at once form your own
Cabinet fully representing your views. Formulate your programme definitely and
put it before the forthcoming A. I. C. C. If the Committee accepts the
programme all will be plain-sailing and you should be enabled to prosecute it unhampered
by the minority. If on the other hand your programme is not accepted you should
resign and let the committee choose it president. And you will be free to
educate the country along your lines. I tender this advice irrespective of
Pandit pant's resolution.
Movement ,not
prestige
My prestige does
not count. It has an independent value of its own. ..Individuals, however high
they may be, are of no account except in so far as they represent the many
millions…...
Difference of
opinion
We seem to differ
ad to the amount of corruptions in the Congress. My impression is that it is in
the increase. I have been pleading for the past many months for a thorough
scrutiny….
But as I have told
you that I am an old man perhaps growing timid and over-cautious and you have
youth before you and reckless optimism born of youth. I hope you are right. I
am wrong. I have the firm belief that the Congress as it is today cannot
deliver goods, cannot offer civil disobedience worth the name. Therefore if
your prognosis is right, …Though we have discussed sharp differences of opinion
between us, I am quite sure that our private relations will not suffer in the
least. If they are from the heart, I believe they are, they will bear the
strain of these differences.
Love
Bapu
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