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Resentment against hike in bus fare mounting in Bhopal

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NK SINGH Though a Govt. directive has frustrated the earlier efforts of the MPSRTC to increase the city bus fares by as much as 300 per cent, the public resent even the 25 per cent hike. It is "totally unjust, uncalled for and arbitrary", this is the consensus that has emerged from an opinion conducted by "Commoner" among a cross-section of politicians, public men, trade union leaders, and last but not least, the common bus travelling public. However, a section of the people held, that an average passenger would not grudge a slight pinche in his pocket provided the MPSRTC toned up its services. But far from being satisfactory, the MPSRTC-run city bus service in the capital is an endless tale of woe. Hours of long waiting, over-crowding people clinging to window panes frequent breakdowns, age-old fleet of buses, unimaginative routes and the attitude of passengers one can be patient only when he is sure to get into the next bus are some of the ills plaguing the city b...
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The Year of Political Instability in Bihar

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Bhola Paswan Shastri : CM for 12 days

NK SINGH 

1969 proved to be the year of political instability in Bihar. The Congress-led coalition Government, which came to power on 26th February, collapsed on 22nd June.

The Jana Sangh was opposed to inclusion of Justin Richard of Hul Jharkhand party in the council of ministers because it would have been a blow to its own ambition in the tribal areas.

The Jana Sangh had succeeded in penetrating some remote areas of Chotanagapur by working on the slogan of Christian tribal versus non-Christian tribal.

After the resignation of Sardar Harihar Singh, Bhola Paswan Shastri took over. But he could continue in power for only 12 days! It was the days of the Aaya Rams and Gaya Rams.

My report in Frontier of 12thJuly 1969 describes how Bihar has been bogged down by political instability since the 1967 general election.

There was no Government. Administration was at standstill. Files had piled up without anyone having time to see them. Development work had stopped.

Frontier 12 July 1969


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