In 1950 Congress conference was held at Nasik. Election for AICC President conducted. It was a Triangular contest. Purushotham Das Tandon,  Acharya Kripalani and Sankararao Dev contested. It was a severe contest.

Poll began , Tandon won by a margin of 214 votes. Tandon  criticized the ministry of Nehruji. He never co-operated with Nehru. Tandon formed a working committee which Nehru did not like. He asked Tandon to reform it. Tandon refused then Nehru resigned from the working committee.

All could understand only then why Kamaraj did not support Tandon 1948 election and supported Pattabi Seetharamiah . They appreciated his foresight.

A power fight started between Nehru and Tandon . Working committee meeting was held in 8th September 1951. Kamaraj supported Nehru who was called as the heir of Gandhiji by Gandhiji himself. He personally worked in the field. He started collecting supports for Nehru in Madras State. Then he collected supports in Kerala and Andhra.

It made an uproar and shocked Tandon.