Q. Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939 by defeating Gandhiji’s candidate :
Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
Notes: Gandhiji selected Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya, in the Tripuri session (1939) for the presidentship of Indian National Congress against S.C. Bose. Bose won the election by 203 votes. Total number of votes in favour of Subhas Chandra Bose was 1580 and Pattabhi Sitaramayya secured 1377 votes. After that Gandhiji and his followers decided to oppose Bose and 12 members of Congress Working Committee resigned together. Later Jawahar Lal Nehru also decided to resign.
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