Vigil - An Independent Political Weekly Saturday March 25 1950

Those of their sypathisers in India who believe not merely in the negative creed of non-violence but in the positive one of Satyagraha (for a man may do nothing and yet remain non-violent) the only way is the way of martyrdom: Can martyrdom bring about the desired results in the actual world of matter in the sense in which the word results" is popularly used and understood ' is something about [...] They think" 10 VIGIL that there is frustration and that it is due mainly to a cobination of causes like the vacuum caused by (a) the death of one who set a norm of conduct and was a tribune of the people even against the Government and his proteges; (b) the absence of any constructive political thinking in the national movment in anticipation of the trasition and (c) the neglect of no [...] and so between the demands of the party the state and the nation with the result that criticism of the party is taken as criticism of the state. [...] The latter are the trustees" 14 VIGIL Can the Congress Do it ? ACHARYA J. B. KRIPALANI IN MY article in the last issue of this paper I discussed the question Why I don't leave the Congress." In this I prpose to discuss the question whether the Congress leadership can successfully solve the prolems that confront the country today. [...] Simply to preach the virtue of honesty and selsacrifice will not do the trick of ridding society of these That the Congress leadership in the Gdvernment does wisli to solve the many problems that face the nation may not be doubted.