RELIGION CAUSES SPLIT
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OPPOSITION TO GANDHI , CALCUTTA, August 2 The All-India National Congress, which aims at independence for India, or, at least, acquisition of full selfgoverning rights and Dominion status, has split on the religious question, and Gandhi, who has dominated it for 14 years, has a rival Pandit M. M. Malaviya, who has the reputation of being the cleverest of the Congress leaders, and was its president in 1909, before Gandhi began to exercise his sway, and again in 1918, has formed a Nationalist Party, in opposition to Gandhi. The bone of contention is the proposal in the new draft Constitution, which guarantees a percentage of Parliamentary representation to the Moslems and other minorities. Gandhi is in favour of the proposal, but Malaviya, who represents the vested interests of the Hindus, strongly opposes it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21878, 14 August 1934, Page 9
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