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In my view if Netaji was able to come back to India, and escape political persecution from the hands of congress, instead of becoming the P.M, he would have emerged as the primary opposition to the congress. A strong opposition could have kept spinelessness of Congress in check, and hopefully toppled congress in the late 50's or early 60's. Much of India's pressing foreign policy issues could have been avoided.
This one is a more logical scenario, Congress was the largest political party at that time, and the first PM of India was likely to come from Congress, which was to be Nehru only considering that he would have played that little dirty trick with Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel anyway. Netaji would have made 'Forward Block' a strong alternative of Congress, undoubtedly he was a strong, charismatic, honest and a very popular leader who could match the stature of Nehru in opposition. India would have got extraordinary benefits from such a vibrant and competitive political scenario, India would have become a true democracy, not a pseudo-monarchy. People of India would have an option to demand results or change the government, something we missed for 5 long decades. And Netaji was a man of action, he would have delivered when in power, and pushed the ruling party to deliver when in opposition.
More importantly, there would have been someone to tell Nehru that 'he is wrong', whenever he was wrong, and he was wrong many a times. What was most unfortunate for India, and for Nehru himself, was the fact that there was barely any credible opposition to point out when he was wrong and make him re-consider such decisions and policies, and after the death of Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel there was none within the Congress also to do the same. Surrounded by the yes-men Nehru continued with his mistakes and we as a nation paid the price, and still paying for it.
So yes, with Netaji around we probably wouldn't have made those foreign policy blunders, wouldn't have faced the 1962 debacle, and probably, probably "Indian National Congress" would not have been hijacked by one political family and reduced to a family-run party. Just look at the shameful situation today, even after such continued debacles after debacles in elections, Congress has to beg to one incompetent and visibly unwilling guy to become their leader! All hail the dynasty.
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