Shaheed Bhagat Singh was not a myth but an ideological person and a fearless Socialist -Prof Chaman Lal @MLF
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, December 3, 2022; Many people try to downplay who Shaheed Bhagat Singh was. The statements and ideology of Bhagat Singh will continue to motivate the masses and disturb governments. They will try to limit him to a statue and make him historic, but not beyond that.
This was expressed by Professor Chaman Lal, an expert on Shaheed Bhagat Singh. He was speaking in a special session on Bhagat Singh in a Military Lit Fest at Chandigarh today.
"Many people are trying to turn Bhagat Singh into a myth. Bhagwat Singh was not a myth. In his lifetime of 23 years and 5 months, his active period in the political and freedom movement was his last seven years, and in those seven years, what did he do to become a personality who is so adored and loved by so many?," Professor Chaman Lal asked the audience.
"When Bhagat Singh was lodged in jail with Batukeshwar Dutt, he once asked his close friend Jaidev Gupta, who was not very politically active but share a cordial relationship with Bhagat Singh and his family to get him two pairs of shoes one for him and another for Batukeshwar Dutt. Batukeshwar Dutt was a chain smoker. Some of the trollers on social media are spreading that Bhagat Singh was a chain smoker, it was not Bhagat Singh but Batukeshwar Dutt was a chain smoker. Bhagat Singh used to keep all his friends very close. Sukhdev and Bhagat Singh were like one. When the Inklab party during its meeting decided to throw a bomb at the Assembly, Sukhdev was not part of that meeting. It was decided that two people will go to explode the bomb at the Assembly, one was Batukeshwar Dutt and another person. When Sukhdev later learned about the meeting, he taunted Bhagat Singh that who was trying to save his life. Instigated by Sukhdev's words, Bhagat Singh recalled the meeting and announced that he will accompany Bhatukeshwar Dutt. Other members of the Inklab party tried to stop Bhagwat Singh since they knew he was involved Saunders assassination case and the plan was to surrender and put their points in front of the court and give statements. Sukhdev Singh knew no one was as capable as Bhagat Singh to put their point across the authority but he bowled his eyes crying. There was so much love and adoration among the members of Inqlab party members for each other. I have compiled all the news and documents that were published in newspapers in those days in my new book "Life and Legends of Bhagat Singh"
"Many people try to downplay who Bhagat Singh was. He was an ideological person, a fearless, social serviceman. He wanted to bring the Socialist establishment to India. He wanted equality for all people of India between all genders and ages. He didn't want that India should just belong to the corporate world but to the workers of India. That was his imagination of India. Every government will continue to be disturbed by the statements and ideology of Bhagat Singh, they will try to limit him to a statue and make him historic not beyond that," he added.