In his book, Balraj Madhok provides a wonderful insight into the Mahasabha leaders’ duplicity—how they launched a public broadside against the Congress in public, yet remained sympathetic in private. According to him, Mookerjee’s colleagues ‘had always stood for responsive cooperation…and, wanted to give the Congress leaders a fair chance to show their worth (and) advised him to accept the invitation.’49 Despite the oath of secrecy, there was no corroboration of the fact if Mookerjee had discussed the issues relating to Nehru’s policies with Savarkar.
