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authoritarian-socialist lines as named by him ‘ Samyavad’
-- a synthesis of Justice and Equality (of
Socialism) and Efficiency and Discipline (of Fascism).
This explains what Bose meant in ‘The Indian Struggle’ when he stressed for the need of “a strong
single party government bound together by military discipline and dictatorial powers for
some years to come in order to put India on her feet". According to Bose, only a very strong
government, strict discipline and dictatorial rule would prevent the anticipated revolution from
falling into chaos and anarchy. That is why, Bose advocated, the government would not -- "in the
first years after liberation" -- "stand for a democracy in the Mid-Victorian sense of the term". It
would use whatever military force was necessary to maintain law and order, and would not relinquish
authority or re-establish more regular forms of government until "the work of post-war social
reconstruction" had been completed and "a new generation of men and women in India, fully trained
and equipped for the battle of life" had emerged.
Bose clearly anticipated that authoritarian rule would not last beyond the period when social
reconstruction was completed and law and order were established. As he frequently stated, Bose
aimed for nothing less than the formation of "a new India and a happy India on the basis of the eternal
principles of liberty, democracy and socialism". He rejected Communism (at least as it was practiced
in the Soviet Union) principally because of its impracticable internationalism and because he
believed that the theoretical ideal found in the writings of Marx could not be applied to India
without modification. Still he maintained socialist views throughout and, on very many occasions,
expressed his hope for ‘an egalitarian (especially classless and casteless) industrialized
society in which the state would control the basic means of production’. He also did not like
many Nazi thinkings and methods of political control and openly opposed through letters and
newspapers even while living in Germany of Hitler’s period.
He believed that greater emphasis should be placed on social goals than on the needs or desires of
individuals. Individual wishes must be subordinated to the needs of the state, especially during the
struggle for independence and the period of reconstruction immediately following liberation.
Nonetheless, having himself been imprisoned eleven times and sent into exile three times, he
was fully committed to upholding the rights of minority intellectual, religious, cultural and racial
groups. He hoped for an "all-round freedom for the Indian people -- social, economic and political”
and would wage a relentless war against bondage of every kind till the people can become really
free.
Some people argue that he was not as committed to the principle of democracy as he was to socialism but
it is worth noting that during his many years as head of various councils, committees and
offices, and during 15-month tenure as President of the Indian National Congress
(February 1938 to April 1939), as a Head of Provisional Government of Free India and as
a Supreme Commander of INA, Bose never acted in undemocratic manner neither did he
claim powers or responsibilities to which he was not constitutionally or customarily entitled
nor did he attempt in any way to foster a cult of his own personality.
NETAJI & GANDHIJI
After the death of great leaders like Lokmanya Tilak and Dr. Annie Beasant and martyrdom of
revolutionaries like Shaheed Bhagat Singh there were only two major thoughts which were prevalent in
India, one was that of Gandhiji and the other was that of Netaji. It is to be noted that there still were great
revolutionaries like Ras Bihari Bose, Swatantryaveer Savarkar etc. but either they all were in exile or
were in prison. While Gandhiji advocated non-violence and talks with the British, Netaji was of the
opinion that there should be no compromise with the British and that every means should be used
to liberate India.
Netaji started his political life by going to Gandhiji, who directed him to work under Deshbandhu
Chittaranjan Das. He resigned from the post of the Congress president only because of the opposition of
Gandhiji. In spite of that Netaji had a great respect for Gandhiji. It was Subhas who, first time, called