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Power, Hegemony and Politics: Leadership Struggle in Congress in the 1930s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2006

JAYABRATA SARKAR
Affiliation:
Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi

Abstract

The decade of the 1930s provided a near perfect backdrop for a leftist surge in Indian national politics whose trajectory so far had been mapped under the political leadership of Gandhi. It had its moments of excitement, glory and disappointments. Although ample opportunities presented themselves to the Left to decisively influence the nationalist struggle during this period, it failed in its endeavour to play a historical role, beaten by a smarter, tactful, opportunist ‘Old guard’, the ‘right-wing’ leadership of the Indian National Congress, who, as events indicated in the later years, left behind all scruples to cling to political power.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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