INDIANS RESIGN
ANXIETY FOR GANDHI
Viceroy's Executive Council Disagrees
N.Z. Press Association. —Copyright Rec. noon. BOMBAY, Feb. 17. Gandhi's general condition continues to cause anxiety, but he had a better day yesterday, states a medical bulletin. Two more doctors have reached Poona to attend Gandhi. Sir H. P. Mody, Mr. N. R. Sarkar and Mr. M. S. Aney, members of the Viceroy's Executive Council, have resigned as a result of disagreement with the Government's decision not to set Gandhi free. Sir H. P. Mody is Member for Supply, Mr. Sarkar for Education, Health and Lands, and Mr. Aney for Indians Overseas. "India will never forgive the British if Gandhi is allowed to die by inches behind bars, declared Mr. D. M. Maitre, Nationalist, in a speech in the Legislative Assembly, demanding Gandhi's immediate and unconditional release. Mr. Bannerjee, another Nationalist, said that the death of Gandhi in gapl would permanently estrange India and Britain. If Gandhi again caused trouble after his release he could be sent to gaol again. - Nawabazada Liaquhat Alikhan, of the Moslem League, said that he sympathised with his Hindu colleagues in their distress, but regretted that the Moslem League was unable to support the move for Gandhi's unconditional release. Sir Henry Richardson, of the European Group, said that the Government could no more submit to Gandhi's fasting threat than it could submit to the threat of violence. Sir Reginald Maxwell; Home Member, said that the Government earnestly hoped that Gandhi would call oft the fast if he found the ordeal beyond his strength. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 41, 18 February 1943, Page 5
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