Hypocrisy in creation of ANC:
The Indian National Congress (INC) which led the freedom struggle has been attacked by both sides. It was alleged that A.O Hume promoted INC as a safety value to vent out the fermenting anger against British rule. The British too criticized the INC consisting of minority power hungry educated elite. Though, there is no doubt regarding the beneficial role if INC in freedom struggle the prolonged preference for moderate methods such as Prayer, Petition and Protest have been widely criticized as too soft and perhaps pro-British.
Despite all the rush to secure freedom, Indians were inclined for a transfer of power on January 26,1948 so as to not miss the significance of Poorna Swaraj day. It was due to Mountbatten's insistence that 15 Aug, 1947 was the day on which, ' India woke to freedom'.
Hypocrisy of “Father of Nation”:
Gandhi, the face on Indian freedom struggle, whom Subash Chandra Bose gave the title of “Father of Nation” has had to face lots of charges of hypocrisy.
The core idea of Gandhian Ahimsa has come under lot of fire from critics. Despite Gandhi professing staunch belief in ahimsa gave the slogan ‘Do or Die’ for the quit India Movement, which largely manifested itself as a violent protest. It is alleged that Gandhi preferred non-violence as a tactic rather than principle. In contrast, Nelson Mandela would adopt ahimsa as a mode of struggle against the apartheid regime albeit openly conceding that it was a better strategy against the Levathanian state apparatus.
Gandhi was said to have strong belief in Satyagraha as a form of protest. But in 1929, when Untouchables in the Bombay Presidency opened a campaign of Satyagraha against caste Hindus, Gandhi is said to have insisted that Satyagraha as a form of struggle was reserved for struggle against foreigners and was not to be used against own kindred and countrymen.
On the eve of British depature,there was an increase in communal riots in Bengal. Gandhi shocked even his staunch supporters by seizing the opportunity to check his chastity resolve. He felt that the violence was because of his weakness and decided to send a night with naked with nubile women to stop the Noakhali riots. His biographer Jad Adams has called him sex mad.
Gandhi in his book, ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’ candidly narrates of how he failed to be beside his father's deathbed when he passed away because he was gripped by lust.Gandhi’s life is a bit weird and disturbing. His acceptance in such a widespread manners makes one wonder about the cynics in ourselves.
Given the not so good terms between S.C. Bose and Gandhi, one suspects whether the title of “Father of Nation” was actually a sarcastic comment mistaken literally by us.