Popa Supremacy

Subhas Bose made clear his total disapproval of Mahatma Gandhi when he was in Germany in 1942. At the same time, he was open to saying good things about him occasionally as a political manoeuvre. After he arrived in SE Asia in 1943, Netaji made public statements which are today cited to boost Brand Gandhi. However, no one bothers to explain the context in which these statements were made. First and foremost, Bose thought it was politically expedient to do so. The Japanese too, as a matter of strategy, wanted to project a joint Indian front. A top secret Japanese communication on the eve of Bose's arrival in SE Asia cautioned that local newspapers should not carry articles indicating that there was any split between Gandhi and Nehru on one hand and Subhas and Rash Behari Bose on the other. This communication was intercepted by the Americans.

"If no solution was reached which we could regard as reasonable, logically we should continue governing India even if it involved rebellion which would have to be suppressed by British troops" Cabinet ministers including PM Attlee at the time of sending Cabinet mission to India

Rash Bihari Bose and later getting recommended by him to serve in the Azad Hind Fauj, under Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, at the age of approx 17-18 yrs, where he served as a recruiter and fund raiser.