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“And even if we are able to capture the Congress” said Dr. Ambedkar, “there is nothing to prevent the present leadership from forming another organisation and thus frustrating the main pur pose of capturing the Congress, which is to have one political organisation in the whole country.”
To all these objections Swamiji’s reply was that it was the Congress that rousen the masses, and it was on the Congress alone that they could lay their trust and confidence.
“This nation has got to be freed from foreign domination first, and all available forces must be united for that purposes, he said, “and the Congress with all its past experiences and traditions is best able to do it.”
It was at this stage that Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of the Independent Labour Party, made the statement quoted above that he and his party were prepared to join in any movement that the Congress may start to fight Federation or to end Imperialism, that his party would not accept ministries if the congress vacated then and would prevent others using the ministerial offices to buttress the constitution.
Swami Sahajanand was tremendously impressed by this decla ration and said that whatever the present Congress leaders might say or do the fight against imperialism was not far off.” [1]
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1 The Bombay Chronicle, dated 27th December 1938.
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