Many inside the party lamented the decision. Bhupesh Gupta, a remarkable orator and one of the leading CPI leaders of that time who was very close to Indira, abandoned her in protest.
In its 89-year history in India, starting from 1934, the movement has been able to force successive governments, in whatever little measure, to implement socialist policies notwithstanding its failures
Although Netaji was not around when independent India embarked on its five-year plans in the 1950s, it is obvious that the work of the Planning Committee he co-founded had been the pathfinder.
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