I
forced to write this article about Dr.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee or Shyama
Babu.one day I saw a post in Facebook that Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee committed suicide in Jammu &
Kashmir, He was the first martyr of Independent India. The new generations may
not understand about Mukherjee’s death. I saw this post against the decision
made by Indian Government to introduce new stamp of Dr.Mukherjee.
Youngest
Generations don’t know about the contribution of Dr.Mukherjee in the freedom
movement. This is not the mistake of this generation because in History books
has never mentioned about the contribution of Dr.Mukherjee, the congress
governments never gave recognition as he deserves.
Dr.Mukherjee
was born in 6th July 1901. His father was the famous Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee who served as
Barrister and Vice Chancellor of University of Calcutta. He graduated in
English with a position of First class in 1921 and also completed MA in Bengali
Literature in 1923.he completed BL in 1924 and became Barrister in 1927 at his
33rd age. He became the youngest vice chancellor of University of
Calcutta.
He
joined in Hindu Mahasabha in 1939 and became president in 1944.When the famine
of Bengal arrived in 1943 he organized a large scale relief work. When MA
Jinnah introduced the two nation theory by dividing India and creating
Pakistan, Mr. Mukherjee opposed with tooth and nail.
Al
though he was an ardent believer in the integrity of the country that he loved
so much, when he found that the division of India had become imminent and the
emergence of Pakistan inevitable, he joined with similar-minded leaders in
demanding division of Bengal on the same analogy of division of India. Thus a
portion of Bengal, now named as West Bengal, was saved from the clutches of the
Muslim League, and remained with Indian Union.
In
1947 he joined in the cabinet of the national government formed by Jawaharlal
Nehru, he served as a minister of Industries and Supplies. When Nathuram Godse
who was a member of Hindu Mahasabha and RSS assassinated Mahatma Gandhi Mukherjee himself condemned
the murder.
Dr.
Mukherjee resigned from the cabinet in the 1950 on the issue of Delhi pact of 1950 signed by Nehru and Liaqat Ali Khan. According to this pact a decision has made to
establish a minority commissions and guarantee minority right in both
countries. Mukherjee wanted to hold Pakistan directly responsible for the
terrible influx of millions of Hindu refugees from East Pakistan. Mukherjee
considered Nehru’s action as appeasement and hailed as a hero by people of West
Bengal. He founded new party Bharathiya
Jana Sang (later this party changed to BJP) in 21st October 1951
at Delhi.
He
opposed Nehru’s policy of appeasement. He wanted a free market economy as
against Nehruvian socialist economy (In 1991 Congress Leader PV Narasimha Rao
introduced free market economy through some liberal policy .Indian government
got the revelation about the free market policy after three decades after that
only India’s growth escalated). He wanted a uniform civil code irrespective of
religion.
The
Voice of Mukherjee turned outside the Parliament on the issue of giving special
status for Jammu and Kashmir.
He
opposed Article 370 of Indian
Constitution which gives special status for Jammu and Kashmir. He considered
article 370 as the Balkanization of India.
According
to article 370 the J&K has a separate Anthem, separate constitution and
separate flag.no one can Including Indian President enter to Jammu and Kashmir
without the permission of J&K prime minister (now it is Chief minister).the
people from rest of India must hold the identity cards when they enter to the
state Jammu& Kashmir and people from rest of India can’t settle in Kashmir
and Indian Penal Code (IPC) will not applicable for J&K
Mukherjee
opposed two nation in one country, i.e.
EK
DESH MEIN DO VIDHAN, DO PRADHAN AUR DO NISHAN NAHI CHALENGE (A single country
can’t have two Constitution, two Prime minister and two national emblems)
Mukherjee
went to Kashmir in 11th May 1953 Illegally with the Young Mr. Atal
Bihari Vajpayee (later he became Prime Minister).he was arrested by crossing
the Border. He was jailed in a dilapidated house. He Suffered Dry Pleurisy and
coronary troubles. On June 19th he fell seriously ill, on 22nd
June he admitted in a nursing home. This clinic don’t have even a facility to
give oxygen to the patient. He was administered with penicillin despite having
informed the Doctor in charge of his allergy to penicillin and he died on 23rd
June 1953.
AB
Vajpayee claimed in 2004 that the arrest of Mukherjee in Kashmir was a Nehru
conspiracy.
After
reading this article you can decide Dr. Mukherjee is deserving respect in
stamps. The congress government made the Indian history as congress’s history,
only the congress leaders got the status of freedom fighters and never give any
accords about the leaders like Dr.Mukherjee.
West
Bengal is the Gift of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, if Mukherjee will not
opposed the Muslim League movement to join entire Bengal to Pakistan we will
lost the West Bengal also.
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