CONGRESS VIRUDDHA MAHARASHTRA

ACHARYA ATRE ENTERED THE CONGRESS. BUT DUE TO SOME REASONS HE COULD NOT GET ALONG WITH THE CONGRESS WHICH MADE HIM LEAVE THE PARTY. HIS PEN ALWAYS WROTE CRITICALLY AND POINTEDLY AGAINST CONGRESS AND ESPECIALLY YASHWANTRAO CHAVHAN AND PANDIT NEHRU. HIS BOOK CONGRESS VIRUDHHA MAHARASHTRA GIVES US A FAIR IDEA OF HIS ANTI-CONGRESS THINKING. HE HAS VERY BLUNTLY CRITICIZED YASHWANTRAOS DEVOTION TO NEHRU AND NEHRUS HATRED TOWARDS MAHARASHTRA. ATRE PIN-POINTEDLY WRITES ABOUT MANY IMPORTANT TOPICS LIKE YASHWANTRAO CHAVHANS ROLE AGAINST SAMYUKT MAHARASHTRA MOVEMENT HIS RESIGNATION DURING EMERGENCY INDIRA GANDHIS CRITICISM IN AN ANSWER YASHWANTRAOS DARKENED IMAGE AS A RESULT NEHRUS OPPOSITION TO DIVISION BASED ON LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE ETC. ATRES CLEAR WRITING REVEALS HIS TRANSPARENT AND BOLD NATURE.