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He said principles of non-violence, self-rule, and truththat Gandhi advocated were so difficult to assimilate andpractice that "we deserted him". "What was it that those who killed Bapu feared of? Whatstrength the old man had that even (Nathuram) Gosde felt likekilling him. "The moral, spiritual and social power and acceptance,Bapu had to shake the global empire with a handful of saltcannot be made up," Mishra said. PTI PRTIR