FUTURE OF INDIA
COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE DEMANDED CONGRESS RESOLUTION APPROVED rU.P.A.-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright* (Received 19th March, 12.40 p.m.) CALCUTTA, 18th March. Congress approved by a large majority the Patna resolution rejecting Dominion status and demanding complete independence. Left-wingers urged immediate action and Communists demanded civil disobedience, resistance to the war and total severance from Britain. Mahatma Gandhi, technically a non-member of Congress, was subjected to some criticism because he did not promote civil disobedience. Others on the contrary affirmed him as India’s man of destiny. Mahatma Gandhi criticised the formation of different groups within Congress which should not exist in a fighting organisation. He added that the resolution strengthened his position as leader. He would not be stampeded in the struggle until his conditions were accepted.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 19 March 1940, Page 6
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