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THETRIBUNE Fighting BJP's tsunami established in 1881 Bring back secularism S Nihal Singh therefore feels the compulsion to rewrite history, a habit even adopted 25 slaps to democracy HERE is a sub-text to the sur- by the PM in his early days in office. Shiv Sena MP shows what ‘rulers’ think of the ruled prise elevation of the hard- The ridicule his flights of fancy invit- line Hindutva icon, Yogi ed forced him to take down a portion Adityanath, to the post of of a speech he gave in opening a hos- OWER is known to corrupt people. Apparently, it makes TChief Minister of UP after the BJP's pital wing in Mumbai and he has them dumb too. The by now infamous Lok Sabha MP from sweep in the assembly election. The refrained from repeating the RSS ver- PMaharashtra, Ravindra Gaikwad of the Shiv Sena, has RSS, the party's mentor, is spreading sion of history since then. demonstrated his complete lack of sense and proportion by insist- its wings in the country on the So what can we expect from Mr ing on business-class travel in an all-economy flight from Pune to strength of it providing the sinews in Modi and his government in the next Delhi. What really shocked the citizens of the country, of course, the shape of foot soldiers in the two years? There will be much talk of was the righteous outrage with which he went on to strike an Air mechanics of winning elections. development with shades of Hindut- India staffer with a sandal multiple times — 25, according to his So far, it has planted RSS men first va, continuation of pro-poor pro- subsequent boast on television. in Haryana and now in Uttarakhand grammes taking the mantra of Indira Inasmuch as the prime-time TV audience was aghast at an elect- and UP in chief ministerial posts. If Gandhi in new and varied forms. The ed representative’s abuse of power and twisted sense of entitlement, PM Narendra Modi seeks to follow Hindu motif will be dominant with its the conduct should not come as a surprise. For the record, he has pragmatic policies in achieving his The RSS has warned Mr Modi he cannot replay Gujarat at the national level. symbols and although Mr Modi will objectives, he has had to accept on occasion give solace to Muslims, refused to apologise for his conduct, and his party has merely told defeat. Of course, we must not forget remaining two years of his present In Europe, prosperity having given the RSS will continue to hold the key. him to “watch his behaviour”. That is no surprise. Gaikwad, after all, that the Union Cabinet is full of RSS term and the stresses and travails of way to recession for a time, there is The Opposition parties are still try- belongs to a political party that takes organisational pride in boorish men and Mr Modi himself was bap- governing a country of great diversity widespread attack on multicultural- ing to figure out how to respond to the behaviour, all in the name of standing up for hapless citizens against tised in the RSS. The difference and substantial minorities. His ism with an overlay of Islamophobia BJP tsunami. The former External an indifferent bureaucracy. And if the electorate keep re-electing rep- between him and the Sangh is the administration can gain a few brown- and in the US Mr Trump is seeking to Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid resentatives like him, then the Gaikwads can continue to feel they pace at which the country is to be ie points in taking up the case of two abandon its post-World War II role as must be complimented for making a have a licence to misbehave. Neither his party nor the BJP, the ally, Hinduised. The verdict thus far is Muslim clerics gone missing in Pak- the protector of liberal values to brave attempt to put a gloss on his nor the Lok Sabha Speaker can be expected to take any punitive what he could achieve by sidelining istan with the authorities there, but emphasising "America First". leader Rajiv Gandhi's humiliating UP action against Gaikwad. A sense of political solidarity would ensure the RSS in Gujarat he cannot repeat Muslims in particular are living nerv- Mr Modi cannot get rid of the coun- defeat, but apart from Punjab, Goa and that he gets off with the gentlest of slap on the wrist. at the national level. ously as they await new assaults on try's Muslim population, the second Manipur, the Congress is a minor play- The matter should not be allowed to rest at that. This is the age of What is clear beyond doubt is that their religious-affiliated lives. largest in the world, even if he would er in national politics and it would be insistently good governance, an empowered citizenry and a vigilant the BJP will fight the 2019 general Assuming that Mr Modi has lost out want to, but he must find comfort in up to other parties to take the baton. media. Gaikwad needs to be made to face the consequences of his election by playing the Hindu card in if he thought differently about the Mr Trump's Muslim-bashing philoso- The Opposition, of course, is not in gross misbehaviour. At least, all the airlines have closed ranks - for the country's most populous state in pace of Hinduising the country, where phy because to a certain extent the the pink of health. Tamil Nadu is still 2019, as elsewhere in the country. If does he draw the line to convince the two are sailing in the same boat. The embroiled in succession politics after now - to ban him from flying. This act of courage and self-respect Mr Modi had planned to Hinduise and the death of Jayalalithaa. Ms Mamata should be applauded. Above all, a strong and a clear sense of disap- saffronise the country at a slower Banerjee is vociferously fighting from proval must be conveyed to the politician by the civil society. pace, he has been overruled by the The difference between Mr Modi and the RSS is the pace at which her corner but lacks national appeal RSS leadership. It must however be the country is to be Hinduised and Bihar's Nitish Kumar has lost said for the record that the PM made . some of his sheen in the state's pres- his contribution to keep the commu- ent coalition arrangement. Uttar nal pot boiling by references to pro- RSS to slow down its zeal for saffroni- RSS has warned him that he cannot Pradesh's Akhilesh Yadav has youth Testing the limits viding a place for Hindu death rituals sation? There are good grounds for repeat the Gujarat tactic at the nation- and dynamism on his side but Push Aadhaar after privacy law as well as graveyards for Muslims and pragmatism in setting aside RSS al level because the stakes are simply remains handicapped by a difficult asking for adequate electricity sup- myths for governance. Is the PM too high and the RSS leadership feels father and an ambitious uncle in the plies for Diwali as for Ramzan. What- gathering his forces to live to fight that creating the India of its dreams is party's less than salutary clan politics. HE Union Government’s move to force citizens to quote ever the veracity of his claims, he was another day because it is not in his suddenly within its grasp. The Opposition will to an extent go the Aadhaar number in the filing of income tax returns has at the same time hitting at the alleged nature to accept defeat early? The RSS has been laying the along with seeking Hindu votes but Traised certain issues which have not been adequately dealt pro-Muslim bias of the state's ruling There is one factor helping the groundwork for some time, in partic- must evolve an appealing version of with. A failure to link Aadhaar and tax filing can lead to the can- Samajwadi Party. rightward swing in India combined ular since the BJP's 2014 general elec- secularism for young voters. Clearly, cellation of the user’s permanent account number (PAN). Citi- How the BJP won UP is now for with religious fervour: the turmoil in tion victory. It has placed key men in the RSS goal is to bury Nehru's secu- zens are being asked to make their personal details public by a psephologists and historians to deci- the West exemplified by the rise of historical and research organisations larism. The young do not know what government which itself is becoming increasingly non-transpar- pher. The important point is how it populism in Europe and the election because the organisation sets much it really was. It is the Opposition's ent. The surreptitious way the government slipped in crucial will determine Mr Modi's rule in the of Mr Donald Trump as US President. store on its version of history and task to make it come alive. changes in the Finance Bill 2017 at the last minute is intriguing. There was almost no debate. There are obvious advantages of bringing in transparency in financial deals. Income tax officials can compare citizens' spending with income tax paid and find out evasion, if any. But there is a downside to it. Government machinery will gain access to person- Glass house dwellers al user information such as bank details, education data and health Ratna Raman the water is stopped by it. handle with care', have reductively records. The law allows official tapping of phone calls and data Glass mixed with lead makes durable diminished our awareness of the usage. The Aadhaar Act has not been subjected to sufficient judi- LASS is an extraordinary sub- and expensive crystal ware, both extraordinary significance of glass in cial scrutiny. It permits surveillance of citizens on the pretext of stance. Formed in the hot inte- Bohemian and Swarovski. A silver- human civilisation. “national security”, which is a vague term undefined in the Act. A Griors of volcanoes, it was also nitrate coating transforms glass sur- However, it is a well-documented fact citizen suffering the loss of privacy or personal data has no discovered by humans, thousands of faces into mirrors, enabling both critical that earth's privileged inhabitants recourse to justice as Section 47 of the Act allows only the Unique years ago. All kinds of extraordinary and narcissistic perspectives. constantly throw things away, with lit- Identification Authority of India to file a criminal complaint for the objects, aesthetic, artistic, utilitarian Strengthened through refraction, tle concern about how it may affect the theft of data. The crucial twin issue of privacy and security of per- and functional; tableware, chandeliers, Paxton's Crystal Palace (1851) saw the glass steers our vision, enabling us to environment or species. The human sonal data has been sidestepped. glazes, stained glass and ornaments public use of glass as material in domes- look through microscopes and reach race's constant jettisoning of objects no Besides, one of the amendments to the Finance Bill apparently continue to bewitch us with tinkling tic and horticultural architecture. Rail- out for the stars. Tennessee Williams' longer in use has led to over-crowded violates the Supreme Court's recent order that had directed it not to sounds and glittering textures and way stations had glass roofs. 'Glass hous- play 'The Glass Menagerie' deals not landfills and polluted ocean beds, shapes. The clink of glasses reverber- es' were also called greenhouses simply with Laura's exotic glass ani- rivers, forests, lakes, the world over. make Aadhaar mandatory for citizens except in case of certain specif- ates through cultures and continues to wherein tropical plants were nurtured in mals, but highlights the brittle nature This 'othered' refuse has now struck ic services. The court is yet to judge the constitutionality of Aadhaar be the hallmark of merry evenings regulated temperatures. Stones thrown of human interactions. back, causing us to dwell beneath hos- and decide whether privacy is a fundamental right. The government washed down with drink. at glass houses would result in the cer- The axiom, 'People who live in glass tile skies, polluted air, dying species, stand on the issue of privacy as stated in the Supreme Court is trou- The first makers of glass were tain destruction and death of 'hothouse houses must not throw stones at others', damaged ozone layers, poisoned land bling. Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi had contended in the court Mesopotamian, Syrians and Egyptian. plants.' The adage speaks of the fragile offers pragmatic advice on the need for and water and driving us to eat all man- that “violation of privacy doesn't mean anything because privacy is Glass-blowing came of age in Murano and limited durability of glass. The restraint. Were the 'others' to retaliate ner of tainted produce. not a guaranteed right”. The government's open violation of the in the 14th century and the Italians metaphorical glass ceiling (highest since 'action and reaction tend to be If only humans had understood in the Supreme Court order and Parliament's failure to flag concerns on began to work their magic with glass. point, albeit transparent) caps successful equal and opposite', then inhabitants in fullness of time that glass was not mere- Finance Bill amendments should be a cause of concern to all those The Mahabharata, speaks of Maya, careers, but provides opportunities for houses made of glass would be exceed- ly a material substance but an extreme- who value democracy and the rule of law. Indraprastha's architect, whose trans- its being broken, time and again. ingly vulnerable. Ironically recalling ly significant metaphor for our fragile parent glass doorways and pools Industrial glass sheets are transpar- another fraught situation wherein 'the ecosystem! Had we grasped that looked deceptively real to a flum- ent and St Gobains' is almost invisi- pot calls the kettle black', the axiom metaphor early on in civilisational histo- Thought for the Day moxed Duryodhana. Exquisite 'the- ble. In the advertisement, people underlines why human interaction ry, this relentless ricocheting of stones, wa' jewellery, from Rajasthan, contin- flinch involuntarily when water is must remain measured and thoughtful. splintering, smashing and reducing our The rise of secularism has brought about an increase in hostili- ues to showcase intricate gold foil hurled in their direction, because they Nowadays, very functional instruc- universe into smithereens (little pieces) ty towards things religious. —Jon Stewart work within molten glass. only notice the glass partition when tions such as, 'Fragile/ Breakable, could have been averted. letters to the editor

Resist racism in the dwindling Congress. He can governance. The Congress in its man- Malwa region of Punjab. Haryana is Dust off ideology politician, sell yourself where you Reference to the article ‘Look within, make people of Punjab more happy as ifesto made a bunch of promises, but also getting 4.65 MAF water from the Harish Khare's write-up "Listen up get the best price. Dust off the ideol- are Indians not racist?’ (March 23), a politician than a TV personality. to fulfil them is not a cakewalk. India Yamuna. Is the SYL canal justified at liberals, stop cribbing" (Statecraft, ogy which is the stuff that is meant not very long ago, former President NITIN GARG, CHANDIGARH is one of the most corrupt countries. the cost of the Sirhind Canal? March 24) evokes serious thinking. for the voters only. Barack Obama had wished the Indi- Politicians are immersed in their RS BAIDWAN, MOHALI The rationale of discarding seniors L R SHARMA, HARIPUR, SUNDERNAGAR an state to be more tolerant in deal- mandir aggrandisement rather than state wel- like SM Krishna of Karnataka and ing with its minority population. Ram fare. It will be interesting to see how Rita Joshi Bahuguna of Uttar While the recent incidents of violence The issue of Ram mandir at Ayodhya the Captain manages to put in order Historical gurdwaras Pradesh by the Congress high com- Politics of probity against Indians are condemnable, it has been hanging fire for the past many the sorry state of affairs in Punjab. This refers to the news article ‘Dal mand reminds me of how the This refers to "Listen up liberals,stop is essential to curb any similar feel- decades. With the BJP at the helm of BANSI RAM RAHUL, HOSHIARPUR Khalsa holds march’, March 16). A large phrase "withered flowers" was cribbing" (Statecraft, March 24). The ings in the country itself, be it reli- affairs at the Centre as well as in UP, this number of Sikhs under Jassa Singh attributed to a senior (and aged as Indian National Congress, a party that gious bigotry or violence against fel- issue can be resolved amicably. The Ahluwalia and Baghel Singh entered well) leader of a prominent party. It is over a century old, is being viewed low Indians. Such primitive instincts offer of mediation by the CJI is prag- SYL canal the Red Fort on March 11, 1783. The was further expanded to say, "we do as a withering tree. Many of its rotten shall have to be controlled. matic and healthy for the social fabric of The SYL canal has again opened the then Emperor Shah Alam and his not need withered flowers when and ripe fruits are falling in the lap of HARDISH KAUR SANDHU, AMRITSAR India (‘Can mediate if helps resolve case for debate. The capacity of the courtiers sneaked into their abodes. The flowers are blooming in our court- the BJP. One does not feel uncomfort- Ayodhya: CJI’, March 22). Diversity is Bhakra down dam is 7.8 MAF. Water Sikhs installed Ahluwalia chief on the yard." If the Congress too follows able when a serial turncoat like Rita the character of India and communal flows from Bhakra downstream of Mughal throne in Diwan-e-Aam as the this norm, then what about those Bahuguna dons saffron, but when a Office of profit harmony synthesises it. It is heartening Nangal Dam, where it is released into Badshah of Delhi. Jassa Singh Ram- "withered flowers" that are sitting at dedicated Congressman like SM There are many MPs like Arun Jaitley, that Muslim religious leaders are keen Nangal Hydel Channel. After 100 km, garhia and some other Sikh sardars did the helm? It is these withered flow- Krishna, the former Chief Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Jyotiraditya to resolve the issue and have expressed this canal in renamed as Bhakra Main not like this and both sides drew out ers that provide seed for the next and External Affairs Minister, falls Scindia, and several MLAs who have the desire to abide by the decision of the Line. Further three canals originated swords. To avoid any conflict, Ahluwalia nursery of blooming flowers. prey to the noveau liberals it is quit their office of profit after becom- apex court. But if the issue is settled out from this canal — Narwana branch, left the throne. The Sikhs then started Let us turn to Punjab. Navjot Singh intriguing.With the BJP trying to ape ing ministers. They could have taken of court with mutual understanding, it Ghaggar branch and Ratia branch — looting articles they found there. At the Sidhu, a poster boy of the Bharatiya the Congress, all the previously a similar plea that their work after 6 would be inspirational. for the irrigation of Haryana areas. behest of Begum Samru, whom the Janata Party till two months ago, is shunned deserters and even the scum pm does not come under office of prof- KARNAIL SINGH, KHARAR The second canal initiated from Nan- Emperor called his daughter, the Sikhs now an adornment of the new state of society can hope to be taken into it. This will set a bad precedent. Sidhu gal is Anandpur Sahib Hydel Channel made peace with him. A large number government in which the Congress the fold of respectability. To save the should fully direct his energy and and here hydel electricity is generated of Sikhs left Delhi. Baghel Singh, with high command takes legitimate Nehruvian order from becoming efforts and do justice to his post. He Challenges before Capt at Ganguwal and Kotla. The water is his 4,000 men, remained there to build pride. Retospectively, we mocked at extinct, the Congress has to introspect will have to prove that he is the right After a decade, the Congress emerged again released into the Sutlej through seven historical gurdwaras, including the Aya Rams-Gaya Rams of and reinvent itself by adopting clean candidate for the CM’s post in the victorious with a big margin and the Lohad choe to feed the Sirhind Canal Bangla Sahib, Rakib Ganj and Sis Ganj. Haryana a few decades back. Not any politics of probity and morality. This 2022 Punjab Assembly polls. He has a Captain has been entrusted with the and Bist Doab Canal from Ropar. The It was a remarkable achievement. more. They were the harbingers of may eventually bear better fruit. golden opportunity to raise his stature responsibility of steering the ship of Sirhind Canal is the lifeline of the BHAGWANT SINGH, QADIAN today's bazaar politics. So my dear LALJAS SINGH, VIAEMAIL

Letters to the Editor, typed in double space, should not exceed the 200-word limit. These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to: [email protected] https://telegram.me/TheHindu_Zone http://www.ias4india.com THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | SATURDAY | 25 MARCH 2017 OPED 11 Bend it like Dhaka After hanging, rewards SNM Abdi assembly polls. Narendra Modi, who will host Hasi- R.K.Kaushik na in April, resorted to no-holds-barred, communal- The visit of HE Prime Minister of Bangladesh, ly charged Bangladesh-bashing while campaigning. HE execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru Sheikh Hasina, will visit India from April Discriminating between Muslim and Hindu T and Sukhdev was carried out on March 23, Sheikh Hasina, T 7 to 10. There is something terribly amiss Bangladeshi immigrants, Modi declared that those 1931, in Lahore Central Jail by executor in India-Bangladesh relations, although who worship goddess Durga are welcome but those Kala Masih of Shahdra near Lahore. The execu- the Bangladesh Hasina — who is in power since 2009 and faces cru- who don't must keep their “bags packed” for depor- tion was supervised by the then District Magis- cial elections next year — has fully backed Prime tation if he captured power. He and other BJP cam- trate, Lahore, AA Lane Robert — a 1909 batch ICS PM, to India Minister Narendra Modi's moves to isolate Pak- paigners repeatedly accused Bangladeshi Muslims officer, along with GT Hamilton Hardinge, a 1915 next month is istan in South Asia. She has flushed out anti-India of “destroying” India, virtually painting Bangladesh batch IP officer, the then SSP of Lahore. Apart elements from her land, proactively partnered as an enemy nation. On the grounds of religion, the from them, the then IG prisons (Punjab) Lt Col the time to counter-terrorism operations and even extended BJP categorises Muslim immigrants as “infiltra- F.A Barker, the then IG Punjab Police Cherris re-calibrate transit facilities to New Delhi's great relief. Yet her tors” and Hindus as “refugees” or “Mother India's Stead (1898 batch) were present. However, little state visit had to be deferred twice in three months children” deserving asylum. did the officers know that the execution of Bhagat Dhaka-New without any valid explanation, revealing that all's After capturing power, one of the first tasks the Singh would bring monetary and economic bene- not well between strategic allies. Modi government assigned itself was to starve fits for several others. Delhi ties. While Bangladesh may be in our backyard but it can Bangladesh of beef by stopping India's surplus, After the execution, the British government Hasina’s Awami turn it into a minefield in no time. As we wait for non-milk producing cattle from going to honoured several persons as detailed: Hasina, let's not forget the darkest chapters in our Bangladesh. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who Hans Raj Vohra, Jai Gopal, Phonindra Nath League bilateral ties like the killing of 16 BSF soldiers in ordered the BSF to halt an informal trade deter- Ghosh and Manmohan Bannerji — had all become 2001 or the expulsion of RAW’s B. B. Nandy from mined by supply and demand that had been going government approvers and gave statements government Dhaka. And in 2005, India's deputy high commis- on for decades, publicly boasted that the embargo against them in the case. They were among the 457 bends over sioner Sarvajit Chakravarti's wife was manhandled had made beef so expensive in the Muslim country witnesses produced by the Punjab Police in this in Dhaka. Bangladeshi tycoon Shah Alam pulled that its consumption had plummeted. Singh case. After the executions, all four were rewarded. backwards to Rupa Chakravarti out of a Mercedes with diplomat- missed no opportunity to pat himself on the back Vohra refused to take monetary benefits. But he ic number plate assigned to India and humiliated for taking the BJP's cow protection-cum-beef ban- was sponsored by the Punjab government to study please India, her in broad daylight; she was so traumatised that ning campaign to Bangladesh. in the prestigious London School of Economics. the BJP has she needed psychiatric treatment. While India kept Attempts by the BJP government to rewrite citi- After a Masters in political science, Vohra got a demanding Alam's arrest, he got away scot-free zenship laws to confer Indian nationality on Hindu degree in journalism from London University and demonised because he enjoyed the backing of then PM Begum Bangladeshis is another step which, besides being was the correspondent of the Civil and Military Bangladeshis. It Khaleda Zia and Pakistan. unconstitutional, indirectly accuses the Gazette of Lahore till 1948. He later shifted to Nobody can rule out the possibility of India's Bangladesh government of being so sectarian that Washington and in the 1950s and 1960s was the is high time that prestige being punctured again, if we fail to stand its Hindu population is fleeing to India. On the one Washington correspondent of a leading Indian dai- by our real friends like Hasina who has often put hand, New Delhi claims that its biggest foreign pol- ly. He died in July 1995, in Washington. the party rose India's interests ahead of Bangladesh's out of icy goal is to ensure that the Awami League is vot- Jai Gopal got an award of Rs 20,000. Phonindra above electoral sheer gratitude for New Delhi's role in liberating ed back to power in the forthcoming elections. But Nath Ghosh and Manmohan Bannerji got 50 acres Bangladesh and the love and affection she on the other, it is offering asylum and citizenship to of land each in Champaran district of Bihar (their politics to look received from leaders like Indira Gandhi and Hindus who have a history of casting their vote in home district) in lieu of their services and loyalty Pranab Mukherjee during her long asylum before favour of the Awami League in countless con- to the British government. The then jail superin- at strategic her triumphant return to Bangladesh. stituencies, including Hasina’s Gopalganj seat tendent, Major PD Chopra, was promoted as DIG, national In today's scenario, the diplomatic and the secu- where there are as many temples as mosques. prisons, Punjab, two days after the hangings. The rity establishments of India and Bangladesh — Such Hindutva-driven objectives like stopping Deputy Jail Superintendent, Khan Sahib Moham- interest instead. headed by veterans like S. Jaishankar, Ajit Doval, cattle trade and making India a homeland for Hin- mad Akbar Khan, who had started weeping after Shahidul Haque and Tarique Ahmed — can iron dus may serve the BJP's narrow electoral interest the execution of Bhagat Singh and his two com- out most sticking points like the pending Teesta but they are certainly not in the national interest as panions, was suspended but later taken back as River water-sharing treaty or Bangladesh's grow- far as India-Bangladesh relations are concerned. Assistant Jail Superintendent. ing ties with China which makes India uncomfort- Unless we show respect towards Bangladesh as a His title of Khan Sahib was, however, withdrawn able. But these professionals are hamstrung by strategic ally instead of belittling and demonising it on March 7, 1931. The IG, Prisons, Punjab, Lt Col FA the ruling BJP's ideological contempt for India's as a nation of Muslims, relations between India and Barker, was honoured with the Knighthood of Sir Muslim neighbour. Hindutva policies and pro- Bangladesh will never achieve their full potential or and sanctioned ex-India leave before retirement. nouncements are alienating Bangladesh, driving become an example of good neighbourliness. The DIG Prisons Punjab, Lt. Col. NR Puri, was a wedge between the two countries and hurting Instead of vilifying Bangladesh, we can learn how promoted as IG Prisons Punjab after a few days of India's national interest. to implement sabka saath sabka vikas from Hasi- the execution. The Investigating Officer of the The Tribune (March 25, 1931), Lahore, after the While Hasina's Awami League government bends na's Awami League government. In 2011, it Lahore conspiracy case, Khan Bahadur Sheikh execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev. over backwards to please India, the BJP paints repealed the Enemy Property Act to return proper- Abdul Aziz, SP, was given an out-of-turn promo- Bangladeshis as illegal immigrants, criminals and ties seized from the Hindu minority under the1965 tion as selection grade SP, leading to his promo- Many people got rewards after the beef-eaters who torment Hindus in their country. law implemented by the East Pakistan administra- tion as DIG three years later. His was the only Extreme anti-Bangladesh views seep out from the tion. The BJP captured power in Assam shouting example in 200 years of British rule in India, execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and BJP's 2014 general elections manifesto as well as itself hoarse about “demographic invasion” where- where a person who had joined as Head Constable Sukhdev. Be it honorific, monetary manifestos for the 2015 Assam and West Bengal as Bangladesh's Human Development Index is retired as DIG (in July, 1937). much better than Assam's. Nothing exposes BJP's Khan Bahadur Abdul Aziz's eldest son, Masood rewards or even out-of-turn promotions lies more than Bangladesh's per capita income Aziz, was appointed as Deputy Superintendent of — the British government ensured that which is 70 per cent more than Assam's! And rough- Police by nomination in November, 1931 in the not only approvers but all those who ly half a million Indians live and work in Punjab Police. Khan Bahadur was also given 50 Bangladesh, making them— according to the World acres of land in Lyallpur. Sudarshan Singh, DSP, helped it in any way got ample benefits. Bank — the fifth biggest remitter of foreign who disposed the bodies of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru . exchange to India after the diaspora in United Arab and Sukhdev, was promoted as Additional Superin- Emirates, USA, Saudi Arabia and UK. tendent of Police, Kasur. He later retired as SP of Kumar Sinha, who was sentenced to transportation Presumably taking their cue from the BJP, some Punjab Police in September, 1942. Rai Sahib Pandit for life and had concealed these papers at a friend's members of the delegation accompanying then Sri Krishan, PCS, a Kashmiri from Lahore was the house in Jalandhar. The friend expected a police Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to Dhaka last SDM, Kasur, at the time of the executions. He was raid during the Quit India Movement days in July November spoke insultingly to their Bangladeshi a trial magistrate in this case earlier. He was given 1942 and burnt all of them in panic. counterparts, which according to Anand Bazar an “appreciation letter” by the Governor and later So, four bunches of papers, written by Bhagat Patrika newspaper, compelled Hasina to postpone promoted as ADM, out of turn. Batala-born Sheikh Singh and handed over secretly on the last day of her December 18-20 India visit. I think India should Abdul Hamid, PCS, Additional District Magistrate his life, and read by Pran Nath Mehta and Bijoy have atoned for those insensitive remarks by invit- of Lahore and Attock-born Rai Sahib Lala Nathu Kumar Sinha, were lost forever. Bijoy died in Patna ing Hasina to be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Ram, PCS, City Magistrate, Lahore were also given on July 16, 1992. He disclosed in a seminar in the parade on January 26, 2017. But India plumped for appreciation in person by the Governor of Punjab, late 1980s that Bhagat Singh on the last day of his the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed FW DeMont'morency ICS (1899 batch). GT Hamil- life had predicted that the Britishers would leave bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is not even a head of state, ton Hardinge, SSP Lahore; Amar Singh, DSP; and India in 14-15 years. Prophetic words indeed! instead of a strategic ally like Hasina. There is some- JR Morris, DSP were given the King’s Police The executioner Kala Masih's son Tara Masih thing very reassuring and maternal about Sushma Medal. DSPs Amar Singh and Morris had accom- hanged Pakistan's Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Swaraj. Fortunately, she is back in the hot seat. panied DSP Sudharshan Singh of Kasur for the Bhutto on November 4, 1979. During the British Another key player is Ram Madhav, the BJP for- cremation of the three martyrs. period, jail superintendents and senior officers in eign cell's point man, who seems to have developed Appreciation letters were given to all constables the Jail Department used to be from the Indian a keen interest in the neighbourhood. They must and head constables, who accompanied the Police Medical Services and had to serve in the Indian Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, being work in tandem ahead of Hasina's long-overdue Officers by IG C Stead. The four articles written by Army before being posting in the Jail Department. received by the Union Minister for External Affairs visit to take India-Bangladesh ties to a new level. Bhagat Singh, smuggled out of jail on the day of his and Overseas Indian Affairs, Sushma Swaraj during execution by advocate Pran Nath Mehta, were later —The writer is an IAS officer of the her viist to India in 2015. A FILE PHOTOGRAPH. The writer is a senior, Kolkata-based journalist handed over to Bhagat Singh's companion Bijoy Punjab Cadre.

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YESTERDAY’S V. HARD SUNSET: SATURDAY 18:37 HRS SOLUTION SUNRISE: SUNDAY 06:19 HRS Across 7 4 1 9 Lahore,sunday,March 25,1917 1 Deep-seated, 8 Caper, 9 Pimento, 8 3 Sunny Partly Cloudy Cloudy Rainy Foggy Indian War Loans 10 Maudlin, 11 CITY MAX MIN Large, 12 Adduce, RAI Bahadur Amar Nath, Secretary, War Loan Committee, Lahore, Chandigarh 34 19 14 Wretch, 17 5 2 1 has issued a circular to the residents of Lahore, town and district, Rover, 19 Opening, New Delhi 36 19 PUNJAB inviting their attention to the terms of the Indian War Loan. He 21 Suppose, 22 8 5 4 6 exhibits the three forms of investment, War Bonds, Cash Certifi- Union, 23 Amritsar 32 17 cates and 5 per cent. War Loan, in a highly attractive style, exhorts Disorderly. Bathinda 33 17 people to avail themselves of these liberal terms to their own ben- 6 3 Jalandhar 33 17 efit and to the advantage of the State. This is well calculated to Down Ludhiana 34 20 2 Expound, 3 Peril, impress people how advantageous the forms are. For instance, with 2 3 9 4 Patiala 34 19 reference to the 5-year Cash Certificates it says: "For persons hav- 4 Expend, 5 HARYANA Tumbler, 6 Donor, 7 ing children growing up, who have to save money for the education Copenhagen, 8 3 8 7 Ambala 34 19 of their sons, for the dowries of their daughters, or for windows who Come across, 13 Bhiwani 37 22 have to lay by something for their maintenance, the above is the Curious, 15 Trivial, 9 6 Hisar 38 20 best and safest investment offered so far anywhere in the world." 16 Poseur, 18 Karnal 34 19 Vapid, 20 Elude. Sirsa 34 19 Grievances of the Amritsar Bar. 1 7 5 3 HIMACHAL PRADESH THE detailed correspondence between the Amritsar Bar Associa- Dharamsala 24 11 tion and the District Magistrate, Amritsar, which has appeared in Yesterday’s solution Manali 18 03 these columns shows to what a sorry pass matters have come at ACROSS 21 Athletics field event (4,5) 5 Later addition to will (7) calendar Nahan 29 16 Amritsar. The Bar may be the bête noire of certain magistrates who 1 A Christmas song (5) 23 Jurisprudence (3) 6 In the past (3) 5 1 4 7 3 6 2 8 9 March 25, 2017, Saturday Shimla 23 11 consider it a drag on the executive administration, but such cannot 4 Ancient (7) 24 A stretch (7) 7 Transparent (5) ■ Vikrami Samvat 2073 9 8 2 4 1 5 3 7 6 ■ Solan 29 11 be the idea of Government and the highest judicial authorities in 8 Feel unwell (3) 25 Shrewd (5) 12 Ten-event athletics Shaka Samvat 1939 JAMMU & KASHMIR 6 3 7 9 2 8 4 5 1 ■ Chaitra Shaka 4 the province. In one of his farewell speeches Sir Donald Johnstone, 9 Cycle racing arena (9) contest (9) Jammu 33 14 1 5 9 8 6 3 7 2 4 ■ Chaitra Parvishte 12 the late Chief Judge, stated that the day was gone when any judge 10 Azure (3-4) DOWN 14 Invigorate (7) ■ Leh 09 --02 3 2 8 1 4 7 9 6 5 Hijari 1438 could hope to decide a case after taking the statements of the par- 11 A coniferous tree (5) 1 Definitive (7) 16 Thin and bony (7) ■ Krishan Paksha Tithi 12, up to Srinagar 19 06 ties and he readily acknowledged what an important part of the Bar 13 Cowardly (6) 2 Athletics team event 17 Charge with offence (6) 4 7 6 5 9 2 8 1 3 1.34 pm UTTARAKHAND ■ played in the administration. The present Chief Judge, the Hon'ble 15 Particular localities (6) (5,4) 18 Thicket of small trees (5) 2 6 5 3 8 4 1 9 7 Sadhya Yog up to 2.31 am Dehradun 33 16 Mr. Muhummad Shah Din, himself an honoured member of the ■ Dhanishtha Nakshatra up to 4.58 pm 18 Angler's basket (5) 3 On horizontal plane (5) 20 Room in roof (5) 7 9 3 2 5 1 6 4 8 ■ Mussoorie 24 10 Bar, shares the views of the late Chief Judge. Moon in Aquarius sign 19 Idle talk (7) 4 Of the same type (6) 22 Circuit of racetrack (3) 8 4 1 6 7 9 5 3 2 ■ Shani Pardosh Vart Nainital 22 11 TEMPERATURE IN OC