well-known Forward Block which has the same end in view though working on a
different line.Sri Aurobindo
Autobiographical Notes
and Other Writings of Historical Interest
Part Three. On Indian and World Events 1940–1950
2. Notes and Letters to the Editor of Mother India 1949–1950
On the Unity Party1
Amal
The Unity Party, Sri Aurobindo says, cannot be said to
represent Sri Aurobindo’s views [nor can it be said]2 that its political programme is backed up by him. But perhaps without
committing yourself you can say there is a Party, especially in Bengal, which is
working for Indian Unity – apart from the
well-known Forward Block which has the same end in view though working on a
different line.
25.4.1949
1 Written in reply to a letter from Sethna dated 21 April 1949, in which he asked Sri Aurobindo whether people in agreement with Mother India’s position on the reunification of India ought to be referred to the Unity Party, a group then active in Bengal, whose Secretary, S. P. Sen, was an occasional contributor to Mother India. In a telegram written a few days after his letter, Sri Aurobindo wrote further: “Policy [of the Unity Party] not dictated by me – so how Aurobindonian? Policy guided mostly by A [Anilbaran]. Neither against nor for shall judge them by what they do.”
2 MS (dictated) or