The people of India approved of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Jawaharlal Nehru . He became the prominent leader of the left-wing factions of the Indian National Congress during the 1920s , and eventually of the entire Congress , with the tacit approval of his mentor , Gandhi . He remained popular with the people of India in spite of political troubles in his final years and failure of leadership during the 1962 Sino-Indian War .