he said that in his twenties, when he was loyal servant to the british crown. Freedom movement, ahimsa, indepedence etc all came later. Much, much later. There

he said that in his twenties, when he was loyal servant to the british crown. Freedom movement, ahimsa, indepedence etc all came later. Much, much later. There are lot to hold Gandhi accountable for - things he believed and did after he became the mahatma/saint. His own fundamentalist believes (religious and other unscientific irrational backward believes), his tolerance of islamic fundamentalism even when it was killing thousands for restoring the caliphate that British eliminated post WW1(for the sake of unity against british), his actions that worsened the hindu-muslim relations that resulted in even more riots and deaths, him considering and treating his wife as his personal property and denying her life saving meds due to his belliefs in quack science, his belief in the caste system (even though he fought for the rights of the lower castes, he believed in the varna system and held on to the theory that it's misused), how he acted like a dictator and sidelined anyone who didn't toe his line, his irrational believes in life after death resulting in misplaced advices on taking ones on life when faced with genocide/murder (he gave the same advice to jews facing nazis and the poor hindus facing mass murder in noakhali - apparently non violence is so important, even self defense should not be), his decisions (such as quit india movement) that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of poor indian nationalists while he just watched away unmoved with their deaths/suffering - many more. I would start with Ambedkar's writings/exchanges on/with Gandhi to get details. As an Indian, he is no saint to me, but I see why people consider him one. Having said that, it's beyond laughable to condemn him for what he said in his twenties when he was loyal servant to the british and compare that to what he became later.