43J Sty, K«&lrc 4P$W*i ot JfcTLti 38, Be*. ^Approval df Ajt Proclamation of Emergency Proclamation of Emergency [Shri Priya Ranj ah Das Munsi] the Anand Marg was used to kill the Marxists or Naxalites^ for money. h«V« done for the last three years in This is absolutely afce. Oh the con­ this international conspiracy. Why is trary, I would like to say that the it that the Washington Post hailed Anand Marg and the Marxists and you peo'ple while 'the Vietnamese people hailed us? Why is it that the Naxalites combined together in the last three years, and the Anand Margis people of the Socalist countries fought in Purulia and there the support us while the reactionary press Congress people were killed, and not of the imperialist stooges are support­ the Marxists. Your weapon is found ing you? Don’t you understand this in Margi’s house and their weapon is difference? Yet, you are saying you found in your house. What the cons­ are patriots. piracy is you can understand. When the English people were in thi# country and the Congress fought We have not done it so far, neither against them, we got the support of do we believe in it, but I shall cer­ those countries who are fighting for tainly say with all my respect to freedom. When emergency was dec­ Mr. Gopalan that in the Marxist lared in this country, we go the Party there are some forces who* support of those people who believe would like to support our programme, in liberation, while you are getting support this country, but unfortunate* the support of those who try to des­ ly due to the direct interference of troy their independence. Don’t you some conspirators they are not doing seo the difference as in a mirror? it, but I can certainly forecast here today that the Marxist Communist Party in a big number will within Though the emergency is necessary, a fortnight in this country support I feel that we must implement our Mrs. Gandhi’s programme, defying programme with speed. As Babuji their leadership. That day is not said yesterday, there are political far off. forces in the country which are not reconciled to the present situation. With these words I conclude, and I There should be no question of senti­ hope that the Opposition, particularly ment or sympathy in dealing with Mr. Chavda and Mr, Jagannathrao them It may be that some of the Joshi, will now realise that a new leaders may have participated in the India has to be made under new 1942 movement or some other move­ system and that their systems have ment in the freedom struggle. For finally collapsed. that we will salute them in the pages of history But that should not guide J th e p r im e m in iste r , m in ist e r ) us in dealing with them or in decid­ OF a t o m ic e n e rg y, m in iste r ing what should bo our programmes o f electronics , m in iste r o f for the future 1 would appeal to the (space, MINISTER OF PLANNING; members of th.» opposition who had AND MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND) ganged with un, who connived with TECHNOLOGY (SttRlMATI INDIRA] them, who did mischief, let them (GANDHI) :) Mr. Chairman, May * realise their mistakes; let wisdom continue from where my young dawn on them Let thf'm come for­ friend left off 4ust now? Yester­ ward to support these policies day a charge" was made that the Government aCtion was aimed not at the right reactionaries—this is 12 hrs. not my word by the way, it is their word—but against the leftists. Only one word and that is about It was instructive for me to note the speech which was delivered by Shri Gopjalan yeseterday. He has during that speech, which I heard t very carefully, never once was any said one thing which is wrong, that 45 stV‘ Res- re Approval ASADHA31, 1897 (SAKA)Sty.* ties. Approval 4# opprbclamation of * ; ■> 6f ProBlHmiion of Emergency l Emtryvicy - of the communal parties criticised. House will notice, in $11 times ( o.f Indeed, how could he do so when his crisis, all sections of the people have party had made a deal with them? stood solidly behind us. '* Some people have been arrested Today, the hon. Member's party has The largest number are not political, aligned itself with quite different they are people who normally indulge elements. Even in this House, they in violence or criminal acts, people were criticised by their friends and who are known as anti-social ele­ allies. ments. But next to them the largest number amongst the political people, The next speaker seemed to be although some of the groups say they apologising all the time, trying to ex­ are not political, are the communal plain away history alnd historical parties or groups wedded to terror facts. He said that the sword of the and murder. RSS was a wooden one. Quite frankly, I don't see the point of it; It was said that Government has either you have a sword or you do launched an onslaught on workers. not have it; but why a toy sword? Perhaps the hon. Member has not What games are they going to play noticed that workers from all over with it? Much as I deplore the type of have welcomed our move and have training that is given to young people given us full support. The prog­ in their shakhas, much as I condemn ramme that we have announced helps workers to achieve a larger share °f the violence which they preach, their real power, and that is why labour real weapon has been something else. organisations have overwhelmingly It has been the whispering campaign. welcomed this economic programme and offered their full co-operation: Yesterday another member of the Industrial relations have improved Opposition said he would like to almost beyond our imagination in a know what is fascims. I have sP°ken short while. about this on earlier occasions. Fasc­ ism does not merely mean repression; It seems to me that the hon. Mem­ it does not merely mean that the ber was speaking not to this House, police use excessive force, or that but to his own cadres outside. As people are imprisoned: it is falsehood, Shri Das Munsi has said, there is over and above everything, it is the confusion in their rankg because of propagation of the big lie. It is this the nature of the groups and people whispering campaign; it is the finding outside the country who hare sup­ of scapegoats to sacrifice and divert porting us and the others which are the people's attention so that you can supporting the Opposition front. go ahead And this has been th° major weapon of the Jan Sangh and Some friends opposite are preaching the RSS. Tt was interesting to nr>ice jadir'alism and socialism to us. I that although sometime*, the two have never claimed to be a doctri­ organisations want to be regarded as naire socialist. I have my own ver­ separate, in yesterday’s speech, the sion of socialism and my own vision names of the two parties were us*»c* of what Indian society should be like, as if they were interchangeable. and I have been working and going ahead towards that vision and in that What has been appearing in ther- direction steadfastly. It is a slow newspapers? If anv party had a feel­ movement, but I believe that it is a ing for democracy, and for the truth, surer way of moving ahead. And this they could have dissociated them­ is Why, although the people may selves from the lies. What falsehood sometimes be angry with us and may have they left out and not propagat­ sometimes want to reject us, as the ed? What insinuation have they not 47 Sty. Ru* ttApptowl o ! JULY J&, 1975 St*. Bet. *• A&prmml 0 48 Proclamation a? JPmer$e*C|# Proclamation ofEmergency ' II CShrimkti Indjra Qandbi.] } future aggressive designs on *ur 1 country.” made? Not merely since the Bmer- gency has been declared, but con­ Much was made of the words in sistently for four whole years day in one report—and it was maintained and day out? that the RSS was not involved *as such’. I do not know what the words liven today there is a massive as such mean. I am not a legal lu­ whispering campaign: somebody is minary. I am glad I am not. But I supposed to be under house arrest, quote this from the Ahmedabad En­ somebody is supposed to be on fast, quiry Report— somebody is supposed to have died, something else is supposed to have “This evidence shows that organi­ happened. This is their way of sed attacks were being made on following democracy and this is their Muslim properties and Muslims vision of truth. Well, if this is so, I Lorries being used to carry rio­ must emphatically say that this is not ters and weapons, the crowds being our way. We do not believe in un­ led and directed by a worker of truth, in falsehood, and we do not Jan Sangh.” believe in that type of democracy. This was in September 1969. I am not in habit of quoting, either In December 1971 there were riots outside or in the House. But, today, in Tellicherry. I should like to do so because I find What does the Report say? that some hon.