Bengal Legislaive Council Election-1926

Subhas won the Bengal Legislative Election fro prison.
In 1926, Sarat Bose decided to run for the Legislative Council and choose  the Calcutta University seat as  th one he should stand . Then the question arose arose as to whether Subhas would run for the Council from the prison At first he decided that it involved too many difficulties and was  not sure he wanted to become a member even if he could be elected through the electioneering effort of others. After many persuasive letters Sarat won Subhas over to what they called an old Irish strategy employed against the British. " Voice him in to get him out". Sarat assured Subhas that J.M.Sengupta band Kiran Sankar Roy - the official BPCC leadership - as well as the Karmi Sangha heartily supported his candidacy.
Initially Sarat thought that both he and Subhas might run opposed He for the University Seat and Subhas for the North Calcutta Non-Muhammadan seat. Eventually, however , both were opposed. Subhas by J.N.Basu, a liberal Party Leaderwho had defeated the Swaarajist candidatefor the same seat in 1923. Sarat was gradually finding out which aspects of political game he would most like to play and could play well.Organising election campaigns was one of these areas in which the direct and open competition for votes called forth his aggressive, argumentative , and emotional traits and in which he came to flourish.With Subhas behind bars , Sarat had to organise both campaigns. Subhas wanted processions and public meetings on his behalf . He wrote of the efforts for him. 'Modern electioneering methods were used by the party, including the use of rockets for distributing leaflets and posters showing the candidate behind the prison bars. The government of Bengal refusd to release Subhas' election manifesto addressed to the voters of North Calcutta. Sarat wrote to his ..."Your election manifesto has been withheld and the reason assigned by the deputy Secretary, Political department for withholding is that political prisoners are not allowedc to nissue appeals to the Public."
In his own election letter to potential voters, Sarat Bose portrayed himself as a congress man and a humble camp-follower of our late leader deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das. He said that the larger kissue behind the campaign was the freedom of the Country. Shrewdly using the words of the late renowned Vice-chancello Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee that the relations between tghe University and the government should be governed by , "freedom First, freedom second, freedom Third" , Sarat continued.
" MyAlma Mater has as its motto - "Advancement of Learning", I feel this is not the motto of the University alone, but a national motto, the battle-cry of our struggling militant nationalism seeking ever to express itself and to fulfill itself against the forces of injustice, oppression,squalor, poverty and ignorance. 'Freedom and advancement' - that is the problem for youan me and I can assure you bin all humanity that to the solution of that problem I shall direct all my thoughts and actions, and bend all the force of my education and understanding in even a larger measure than I have been able vto do a Managing Director of 'Forward' and as an Alderman of the Corporation of Calcutta. This is the National problem and to its solution , the University , the lecture hall, the press, the platform and the Council chamber must all co-ordinate their resources."
The voting took place on November , 17,1926, and Subhas won a large majority . Sarat too was handily elected.