On 26 March 1931, Gandhi was in Karachi where youth protested against him. On the occasion, Gandhi told the press, “I failed in my efforts to bring about the commutation of the death sentences on Bhagat Singh and his friends,
When Khudai Khidmatgar (Red Shirts) showed black flags to Mahatma Gandhi. Bhagat Singh was hanged along with Rajguru and Sukhdev on 23 March 1931. Soon, Indian youth rose up against Gandhi because they believed that he had not tried to save Bhagat Singh. The fact that at the same time he was holding negotiations with the Viceroy added fuel to the fire.
On 26 March 1931, Gandhi was in Karachi where youth protested against him. On the occasion, Gandhi told the press, “I failed in my efforts to bring about the commutation of the death sentences on Bhagat Singh and his friends, and that is why the young men vented their wrath against me. I was quite prepared for it. Although they were incensed against me, they gave vent to their wrath in what I would call a most dignified manner. It was open to them to do physical injury but they refrained from doing so. It was open to them to insult me in many other ways, but they confined their resentment and insult to handing me black cloth flowers representing, I imagine, the ashes of the three patriots. These also they could have showered on me or thrown at me instead of which they gave me the option of receiving the flowers from their hands which I did gratefully. Of course, they shouted, “Down with Gandhism”, “Go back Gandhi”. This I consider to be a legitimate expression of their anger. Having been used to such an exhibition and that in a much worse and in more serious form, I was unruffled and took these insults as only a mild expression of their deep grief and consequent anger.”
The photograph shows Khudai Khidmatgar, a party led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, protesting against Gandhi. Ghaffar Khan was one of the most loyal followers of Gandhi and thus Khudai Khidmatgar as well.
