dr shyma prasad mukherjee by bunibrata dasgupta

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Dr.Shyamaprashad Mukherjii

Wednesday, 6. July, 16:24

Banibrata Dasgupta

My friend Aron told me to write about the iconic man in Indian politics. Since I wasbusy I could not respond to him immediately. I am not as knowledgeable about him

as well.Dr.Mukherjii has died 11 years before I born.

But people find solace in finding som e similarity with any great personality, so I amglorified to tell you that he was a Cancerian as well. Bengalis were always prime

enemy of Nehru. He was not in any good term with Netaji as well.

Mysterious death of Netaji is a mystery even now. Nobody came to know how he

died, so there are people who doubt Nehru's role there as well.

But nobody can deny the educational system which Nehru & his dynasty introduced

Netaji found very little space over.

This, despite of the fact that, if the Azad Hind Fauj did not start war and exertpressure on British our freedom could have come another 50 or 100 years later.


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That was the design of Nehru dynasty to abolish all names from history and giveprominence on their family only.

So, I am sure that many youngsters do not know even what the role of Sir Ashutosh

in freedom struggle was.

Illustrious son of an Illustrious Father

Sir Ashutosh was British hater from his youth.

But still, he opted to be lawyer and studied in England.

His only intention being to save revolutionaries from the captivity of British rule.

There are innumerable cases where he has not charged a single penny for standing

for them. Netaji could not even complete study, because he was charged withassaulting professor.

He was suspended and British took all steps to restrict him getting entry in any

college. It was Sir Ashutosh who fought for him ensured justice to Netaji.Dr.Shyamaprashad was the son of this great man.

Sir Ashutosh was against British language and British educ ation.

He wanted every local language should get priority in education. Most of theCongress leaders were foreign educated at that time. Some of them did not agree

to him.

So he showed the way by pushing his own son Shyamaprashad in his way ofthinking.


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He wanted not to let know others who is. Then we started discussion in low voice.I came to know from him only how the entire army is annoyed with congress.

He wanted not to let know others who is. Then we started discussion in low voice.I came to know from him only how the entire army is annoyed with congress.

Indian soldiers gave life in thousands in the battle against Pakistan to freeBangladesh (or East Pakistan). Thousands gave life to Indian cause previously as

well in battle against them. Indian soldiers captured 91000 Pakistani soldiers in the

battle of '71.

They were brought to India as political prisoner. India had the advantage of solvingall outstanding issues with Pakistan and Kashmir.

But what we did?

We fed those soldiers in our money for more than year and ultimately releasedthem without pressurizing even a little, without achieving any cause.

All the soldiers who fight battle with enemies treat Congress as antinational. That

is why you will not see any army personnel joining congress at any point of time.


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They are so agitated even today. He was the first Industry minister of IndependentIndia.

Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel and Dr.Mukherji was always in fighting with Nehruregarding our policy towards Pakistan. They were worried about minorities inPakistan and continuous killing of Hindus in Pakistan and Pundits in Kashmir.

But Nehru was kin on staying as Prime Minister, not understanding plight of Hindus.

Liaquat Ali Khan came to India and after 6 days of discussion with Nehru and TheLiaquatNehru Pact was signed on April 8, 1950.

He was aggrieved like anything. He wanted to hold Pakistan directly resp onsible

for the terrible influx of millions of Hindu refugees from East Pakistan, who hadleft the state fearing religious suppression and violence aided by the Stated.

Dr. Mukherjee was firmly against Nehru's invitation to the Pakistani PM, and their

joint pact to establish minority commissions and guarantee minority rights in both

countries.

So he left Ministry with deep anguish. He left ministry on the same day. Hisstatement had produced fore in every Hindu's heart.

He said," I have never felt happy about our attitude towards Pakistan. It hasbeen weak, halting and inconsistent. Our goodness or inaction has beeninterpreted as weakness by Pakistan. It has made Pakistan more and moreintransigent and has made us suffer all the greater and even lowere d us in the

estimation of our own people. On every important occasion we have remainedon the defensive and failed to expose or counteract the designs of Pakistan


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aimed at us."

Many people do not know Dr.Shyamaprashad was even minister of Finance ofBengal before Independence in the year '41-'42.He formed Govt. with Mr. Fazlul

Haq only to normalize Hindu-Muslim relation. It was the first and last Hindu-Muslimjoint ministry in Bengal, and his earnest effort to get Bengal rid of communal

administration pursued by the Muslim League Ministry. But that govt. did not last

as well. India was not independent at that time.

But in the middle of British administration he gave a speech which showed his fire

for independent India. He said in assembly tendering res ignation,

"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I with your permission make a statement on theopening day of the Legislative Assembly dealing with the circumstances which

led to my resignation as a minister.

It is all the more necessary that I should do so, since my resignation has notbeen due to any want of confidence in me either by the House or the party towhich I have the honor to belong.

In fact, it has not been due also to any difference of opinion either with theChief Minister or any of my colleagues on any question of public importance. As

members of the House are aware, I felt compelled to resign, first, because Ifound that the continued policy of the British Government and the Government

in this country was to ignore the claims ofIndians to fuller political power, tohamper good government consistent with the true interests of the people andto weaken the forces of people's defense against enemy aggression.

It is not my intention to reiterate the points which I had mentioned in my letter

of resignation to the Governor dealing with the all-lndia political situation.

That letter, along with several other documents, true to the Hitlerian traditionsof the government of this province, today form part of proscribed literature. Aminister' s accusation of autocratic misrule need not be replied to with factsand figures, but must be suppressed under arbitrary rule - what grander

conception could the British authorities hold before us of responsiblegovernment in this country? "


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Dr.Mukherjii asked him in the same speech "-

May I ask-was not Sheikh Abdullah party to this Constitution? He was aMember of the Constituent Assembly; but he is asking for special treatment.Did he not agree to accept this Constitution in relation to the rest ofIndia,including 497 States? It is good enough for all of them, why should it not begood enough for him in Kashmir? "

He clearly told Shaikh"Let Sheikh Abdullah declare that he accepts theSovereignty of this Parliament There cannot be two Sovereign Parliaments in

India You talk of Kashmir being a part ofIndia, and Sheikh Abdullah talks of aSovereign Parliament for Kashmir It is inconsistent It Is contradictory ThisParliament does not mean a few of us here who are opposing this. ThisParliament includes a majority of people who will not be swayed by any smallconsiderations. And why should he be afra id of accepting the Sovereignty ofthis Parliament of Free India?"

I will request you to read his speeches; you will find why they have erased name of

Dr.Mukherji from our educational system. What he had ignited at that time is stillburning but the shame is we are not following his struggle, our protest to his

mysterious death to the next level.

He said, Certain proposals have been made today. Some of us do not likethem. What are we to do? If we talk we are reactionaries we are communalists,we are enemies. If we keep quiet and if a catastrophe comes after a year, then


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you were a party to it, you kept quiet-therefore, and you are stopped fromsaying anything.

As long as this party will be in power their politics of nepotism & appeasement will

not be less as this is in their blood. So we need to study more and more his valuesand ideologies to recapture Our Kashmir.

Bandemataram

Banibrata Dasgupta

A fresh and sincere voice for social change and national rebuilding, Bunibrata runs the Intellectual

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