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Gandhi's next maneuver disposed of both Bose and the opposition Moslems. Up rose Congress President Abul Kalam Azad. He told the delegates that Gandhi wanted independence as much as Bose and would get it by shrewder means. Himself a Moslem, he was a flesh & blood answer to the Moslem League charge that the Congress leaves Moslems out of its counsels...
...Bose's one-year term about up, Saint Gandhi looked around for a more tractable successor. Complicating factor, however, was that the President decided to run for another term, thus openly challenging the Gandhi leadership for the first time. First Gandhi nominee was bearded Persian Scholar Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, a Mohammedan. He promptly withdrew after being hooted out of a meeting. Nominee No. 2 was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Gandhi's right-hand man. He also withdrew. Final choice was Dr. Patthabhi Sitaramayya of Madras, who received Saint Gandhi's and the Congress high command...
Successor to Vallabhai Patel is Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Last week for the first time since Saint Gandhi's march to the sea, Civil Disobedience was led by a Mohammedan...