> From: Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]> > Date: November 20, 2025 > >> >> After his tenures as Home minister and Governor General, Rajaji decided to >> retire from politics and came down to Chennai to live in a small rented >> house at T Nagar. >> The Communists were getting stronger by creating agrarian unrest in deep >> south tamilnadu. The then all powerful congress party was getting worried >> and was looking for a saviour. >> They unanimously decided that it would be only Rajaji who could do that and >> came with that request to him! But Rajaji had already retired from politics >> ! They said they can bring him in as Legistlative council member and elect >> him as their leader! Reluctantly Rajaji agreed to save the situation. >> Accordingly one MLC resigned and the Madras Govenor appointed Rajaji in that >> slot immediately, all within a weeks time! >> Rajaji then took over as the Chief Minister of Madras! His sharp acumen >> found that it is the war time decision of the departed British Govt to >> comtinue with rigid civil supply control that was the problem. He boldly >> announced to lift control on food grain trade and allowed free trade of food >> grains! Within a months time food grain was available in free market and >> people were happy and the agrarian agitation sponsored by Communists fizzled >> out and Govt stabilized and people were happy. > >> Rajaji next turned his attention to primary education at village level . He >> found that to bring in thousands of new school buildings and teachers would >> take lot of time . He therefore came up with the idea that schools would >> work two shifts with double the number of children going to school with the >> same number of schools and teachers! The half day free time of children can >> be usefully engaged by their parents by teaching them their traditional >> skills while at home! >> Kamaraj though a very honest man , was a political competetor to Rajaji! He >> therefore joined hands with EVR and cleverly twisted the issue as a plan to >> keep the poor down with their traditional jobs, while the "rich" ( read as >> Brahmins!) will consolidate in the cushy Govt Jobs! The same group of >> congress leaders, who humbly were requesting Rajaji to take over as their >> floor leader and save them from the communists , believed this and decided >> to pass a no confidence motion on Rajaji and oust him! Rajaji learnt his >> lesson for believing the TN congress men and coming to save them! He >> voluntarily resigned from both the CM post and his MLC member ship and >> subsequently resigned his Congress Party membership also! Ofcourse, Kamaraj >> got the cake to become CM! >> It must be noted that Kamaraj could have easily waited as Rajaji was not at >> all keen to have any high ranking post after having been the one and only >> Indian to occupy the most powerful post of Governor General of India! >>
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