Congress Minister Passed on British Intel Reports on Subhas Chandra Bose to Gandhi
News 18One of the less discussed aspects about Subhas Chandra Bose has been his penchant for covert operations. A flutter was created in the official circles by two articles published in the Bombay Sentinel in July 1938, titled ‘Clear Up Nazi Cob-Web In India’ and ‘Challenge To Come Out In The Open’, accusing Dr Oswald Urchs, a member of the National Socialist Party, of spying and propaganda activities in India under the pretext of commercial activities. Pratul Chandra Ganguli, a revolutionary associate of Bose in Calcutta and a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly, recounted how Bose used to clandestinely meet the German officials in Bombay: … during 1938, Netaji, who was then President of the Congress, spent some time in Bombay where he was in active contact with the German Consul. Munshi, then home minister of Bombay, later wrote that when Bose was in Bombay: … there were stories current that he met people and even went out to see people in disguise. It is more than likely that such clandestine affairs and linkages with German officials would have played a role in turning Gandhi away from the possibility of re-electing Bose as the Congress president.
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