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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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Secularists In Session

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Subhadra Joshi, convener, Sampradayikta Virodhi Committee

NK SINGH

Allahabad: The third All India National Convention against Communalism concluded its three-day session at Allahabad on February 10, in which nearly 100 delegates from all over India participated.

The convention was called by the ‘Sampradayikta Virodhi Committee’ which is actually more of a movement than an organisation. In the words of SubhadraJoshi, the committee has only a one-point programme – to combat communalism.

The committee which reported on factors retarding national integration said that regionalism, linguism, casteism and communalism were the four major factors responsible for it.

The panel of students and youths wanted the end of misinterpretations in the writing of history after a thorough probe by a committee of experts. An amendment from a Bihar delegate was accepted that mention of religion and caste should be removed the application forms for admission in institutions, employment etc.

The panel on law and administration wanted an amendment to the government servant’s conduct rules to prohibit membership of para-military communal and pseudo-cultural organisations.

Excerpts from Now 27 February 1970

A report on the third All India National Convention against Communalism, organised by Sampradayikta Virodhi Committee at Allahabad from February 8 to February 10, 1970. Article by N. K. Singh in Now 27 February 1970





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