The venerable Lala Lajpat Rai, the head of state of our commune has suffered from a stroke, thanks to the intervention of Commune doctors he has recovered. However, this underscores the unreliable nature of our leader given his advanced age, his health at any time could further deteriorate. This is an unacceptable eventuality for the Commune.

To act proactively and pre-empt a crisis of leadership, the Commune has called together a meeting of the various factions and major officials in Calcutta to determine the direction of the nation going forward.

At this conference, there were a number of proposed candidates for leaders from the major factions, the big three being the Agrarianists, the Moderates and the Maximists. In the end, the Maximists, unable to secure enough delegates on their own in the conference, made a pact with the Moderate notable Nehru. In order for his support and his wing of the Moderate delegation supporting Bose's ascension to the Chairmanship, he would be made Speaker of the Assembly and Deputy Chairman. This would position him well to pursue his policy of industrialization within a Maximist lead coalition. For now, the Maximists have with the support of Nehru's wing of the Moderate group, managed to secure power and begin the process of creating the first Totalist state.