After becoming the president of AICC he went on tour throughout the country. He was called as  " KALA GANDHI ( BLACK GANDHI ) by the public. He went to Punjab , Nepal Border , Orissa , U.P, Andhra and Mysore under tight schedule. He went on tour in Madras state for 18 days in may 1956. It was called as " SAMADHARMA YATHRA " by the people of Madras state.

At that tour he gave an announcement which he had not before.

He said that it was final struggle to for a socialistic pattern of society and he was ready to struggle for it. And for this he wanted the full support of the public and he asked for it. Lakhs of people were ready to co-operate with him.

He covered 300 places in 18 days. Went over 2000 miles and met 1 crore people. He at 5 large meetings and 15 small meeting sat 20 to 30 places in a day.

In all the meetings he explained about the principles of socialism in general. Then he explained about the enemies for it and how to face them etc.