Dr.
N.B. Khare and his craving for Power
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Congress President Subhas Bose defended Patel in
Khare episode
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Hindu Mahasabha Leader begged for support of
Muslim League
Dr. Hari Desai’s Weekly Column “Back to Roots” in
Asian Voice, the Newsweekly of ABPL Group, London 7 October 2017
Web Link : http://bit.ly/2xbWvQG
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The
ministers withdrew their resignation following the Pachmarhi compromise,
but Khare felt humiliated and moved even closer to new Governor, Francis
Wylie, and kept Patel in dark about his movements. Wylie while taking
advantage of the rift, on advice of the Premier, asked Shukla, Mishra and D. K
.Mehta to resign as ministers on 21 July 1938 at 2 a.m. and did not grant
any extension. He even dismissed the ministers at 5 a.m. and installed a
new Ministry led by Khare!
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Of course, it was
a short lived Ministry since Khare accepted his error and agreed to resign
at Wardha Working Committee which met under the chairmanship of the
Congress President, Subhas Chandra Bose. It was 10 p.m. and Bose asked
Khare to called up the Governor to convey him that he wanted to resign. Khare
said : “He must have gone to bed.” At this Patel retorted : “ Don’t
forget, Doctor, that your Governor goes late to bed. Didn’t he see your
colleagues at 1.50 a.m. to demand their resignations?” The Premier had
no other go but to go closer to the phone and convey to the Governor!
Khare was replaced by Shukla.
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Expelled from the
Congress in October 1938, Dr. Khare joined the Hindu Mahasabha. He even was
taken into the Viceroy’s Executive Council. Khare’s lust for power and
aspiration to regain the Premiership led him to approach the Muslim League
Boss, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, seeking his support repeatedly
who even humiliated him quite often.
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The assassination
of Gandhiji led to the Maharaja of Alwar and his Dewan, Khare, under house
arrest in Delhi but later the inquiry exonerated both. Patel hardly kept any
ill-will or grudge against any.
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