RAMMANOHAR LOHIA

August 15, 1947. India became free. But then it was divided. Lohia was unhappy on this account. Gandhi was murdered on the 30th of January 1948. The communal virus spread all over the country. The Congress Socialist Party was not happy with the way in which the Congress leaders dealt with the situation. The Socialist Party decided to bring together the peasants, the factory workers and the workers in the middle class. On the 15th of April that year, the Socialists left the Congress Party. They formed their own party. One of the top leaders of the party was Lohia.

Thereafter Lohia toured the whole country. He strongly criticized the policies of the Nehru Government. In his inimitable style he argued in favor of the stand and the policies of the Socialist Party. He stole the hearts of the youth of the country.