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The Karanth case

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                                    NK SINGH The dramatic arrest of the prominent 57-year-old theatre director, B. V. Karanth on a charge of attempting to burn to death Vibha Mishra, the pretty 27-year-old heroine of his drama troupe at Bhopal last week has rocked the world of art. He had joined Bharat Bhavan, the lake-side House of Arts' at Bhopal, four years ago.  Although Karanth has dabbled in films and produced nationally-acclaimed works like "Chomana Duddi" and "Kedu", he is better known as a theatre director and playwright. A diploma-holder from the National School of Drama, Delhi, and the Asian Theatre Institute, he started his career with the famous "Gubbi" company in his native Karnataka. He has directed world classics not only in, Kannada and Hindi, but also in Punjabi, Gujarati and Sanskrit. He was director of the prestigious National School of Drama from 1977 to 1981 when he was p...
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Jana Sangh’s Patna session, 1969

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NK SINGH

The main outcome of the 16th session of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was perhaps the sharpening of the Madhok-Vajpayee rift. The first indication of the controversy appeared in the working committee meeting when it failed to adopt the draft resolution on the political situation, even after eight hours of discussion, as it was sharply divided over the policy to adopted towards the Congress.

BalrajMadhok group felt that JS was neared to the Syndicate Congress and an alliance should be formed it. Atal Bihari Vajpayee group maintained that there was very little difference between the two Congresses before and after the split. The working committee had to redraft the official resolution.

The political resolution called for an all-out anti-Communist front and a determined political offensive against the Indira Gandhi government.

The economic resolution has similarities on too many points with those of the ruling Congress, organisation Congress and other parties like the PSP and SSP. Madhok said: “In our love for being called progressive, it is necessary that we should not lose our distinct identity.”

The JS called for rapid land reforms, ceiling on land holdings, ensuring the rights of tenants and share-croppers, upliftment of backward classes and so on.

Excerpts from Frontier 17 January 1970


A report on 16th session of Bharatiya Jana Sangh held at Patna in 1969, by NK Singh, published in Frontier of 17 January 1970. P1
Frontier 17 January 1970 P1

A report on 16th session of Bharatiya Jana Sangh held at Patna in 1969, by NK Singh, published in Frontier of 17 January 1970. P2
Frontier 17 January 1970 P2

A report on 16th session of Bharatiya Jana Sangh held at Patna in 1969, by NK Singh, published in Frontier of 17 January 1970. P2
Frontier 17 January 1970 P3

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