On JP’s birth anniversary, reposting my trip down memory lane to 1977-78, and conspiracy theories about why his health deteriorated during the Emergency.
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Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Thanks Mr Gupta for well informed article on JP. You are right that PGI Chandigarh was chosen because of Bansi Lal.
Now Prabhash Joshi was a diehard Congressman . Remember what became of Jansatta during his editorship.It became more as National Herald. Even more than National Herald.
As far as fall of Janta government was concerned, apart from dual membership issue, which was raised at that time, it was the arrogance of Shanta Kumar, the HP Chief Minister, and his deputy Daulat Ram Chauhan. On Morarji’s behalf, and because of some old enmity of Chauhan’s towards Kapil Mohan of Mohan Meakin, They tried to close the factory at Solan, and Kasauli by imposing unwanted taxes on beer and whiskey exported outside Himachal. We as workers there still remember the daily demos against the then governments.
Then Mr Mohan manipulated Mr Raj Narayan, his close friend, who inturn sided with Charan Singh to raise irrelevant issues to destabilize Morarji government. Don’t forget the close relationship between the Gandhis and Mohans.
Thanks Mr Gupta for well informed article on JP. You are right that PGI Chandigarh was chosen because of Bansi Lal.
Now Prabhash Joshi was a diehard Congressman . Remember what became of Jansatta during his editorship.It became more as National Herald. Even more than National Herald.
As far as fall of Janta government was concerned, apart from dual membership issue, which was raised at that time, it was the arrogance of Shanta Kumar, the HP Chief Minister, and his deputy Daulat Ram Chauhan. On Morarji’s behalf, and because of some old enmity of Chauhan’s towards Kapil Mohan of Mohan Meakin, They tried to close the factory at Solan, and Kasauli by imposing unwanted taxes on beer and whiskey exported outside Himachal. We as workers there still remember the daily demos against the then governments.
Then Mr Mohan manipulated Mr Raj Narayan, his close friend, who inturn sided with Charan Singh to raise irrelevant issues to destabilize Morarji government. Don’t forget the close relationship between the Gandhis and Mohans.