Thread by @sheshapatangi1

#NotMyMahatma - 7

ON THIS DAY, MKGANDHI WAS BEATEN BLACK & BLUE BY CONGRESS WORKERS AT KARACHI.
This happened after 2 days of hanging of our 3 Freedom Fighters.
As Gandhi was very close to British, everybody opined that
“Gandhi alone could have intervened effectively to save

Bhagat Singh's life. He did not, till the very last”.
Bhagath Singh was killed twice, First by Gandhi & Later by Nehruvian Communists.
I will start with a pact which happened between MKGandhi & Viceroy Irwin.
(Congressmen & Communists, before jumping over me, let me tell you,

all this is available at mkgandhi.org)

Executions of 23RD MARCH 1931 marked the collapse of the hopes of millions of Indians who had believed that #MahatmaGandhi would be able to save the lives of the three young heroes - Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru.

If Gandhi had succeeded in saving the lives of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Raj guru, it would have been seen as the victory of nonviolence over violence and moral victory of Gandhi over the revolutionaries.
Yashpal, a colleague of Bhagat wrote: "Gandhi considered it moral to put

government pressure on the people for prohibition but he considered it immoral to put people's pressure on foreign government to commute the sentences of the 3.
A.G. Noorani in his “The Trial Of Bhagath Singh” Concluded that “Gandhi alone could have intervened effectively to

save Bhagat Singh's life. He did not, till the very last”.
Gandhi elaborated his stand on Bhagat Singh and revolutionary violence at the Karachi session of Congress, three days after the execution of the Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru,:
You must know that it is against my

creed to punish even a murderer, thief or a dacoit. There can be no excuse for suspicion that I did not want to save Bhagat Singh. But I want you to realise Bhagat Singh's error. The way they pursued was wrong and futile. I wish to tell these young men with all the authority

with which a father can speak to his children that the way of violence can only lead to perdition.

What Was The Pact?

The 'Gandhi - Irwin Pact' was a political agreement signed by MKGandhi and Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, before the second Round Table Conference in London.

The Conditions Between Irwin & Gandhi were
Discontinuation of Salt March
Participation by the Congress in the 2nd RTC.
• Withdrawal of all ordinances issued by the GOI imposing curbs on the activities of the Congress
• Withdrawal of all prosecutions relating to several

types of offenses Except Those Involving Violence.
(Read The Clause Twice)
• Release of prisoners arrested for participating in the Dandi March.
Gandhi-Irwin talks began on 17th February 1931 and continued till 5th March when Gandhi-Irwin Pact or Delhi Pact was arrived at.

Gandhi entered the talks without making the 3 freedom fighters issue a precondition. Gandhi explained in Young India:
The Working Committee had agreed with me in not making commutation a condition precedent to truce. I could therefore only mention it apart from the settlement.

Gandhi raised the issue of Bhagat Singh with Viceroy on 18th February:
Talked about Bhagat Singh. I told him, "This has no connection with our discussion, and it may even be inappropriate on my part to mention it. But if you want to make the present atmosphere more favourable,

you should suspend Bhagat Singh's execution". The Viceroy liked this very much. He said "I am very grateful to you that you have put this thing before me in this manner. Commutation of sentence is a difficult thing, but suspension is certainly worth considering".
Irwin, in his

own report to the Sec of State on the same day, penned his position on the issue of commutation:
He (Gandhi) did not plead for commutation, although he would, being opposed to all taking of life, take that course himself. He also thought it would have an influence for peace.

But he did ask for postponement in present circumstances. I contented myself with saying that, whatever might be the decision as to exact dates, I could not think there was any case for commutation which might not be made with equal force in the case of any other violent crime.

Accounts by both Gandhi and Irwin make it amply clear that Gandhi asked for postponement or suspension of the execution and not the commutation. Gandhi has been criticised on this account. Was Gandhi interested only in postponement?
Why did Gandhi say these words

"This has no connection with our discussion, and it may even be inappropriate on my part to mention it”
Did MKGandhi wanted the 3 to be dead so that Revolutionary Freedom Fighters lose, learn a lesson and his PseudoAhimsa Win?
nytimes.com/1931/03/26/arc…
So many questions arise,

but one thing is certain, GANDHI CAN NEVER BE MAHATMA.

#NotMyMahatma

#VANDEMATARAM