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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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Bihar: Sarvodaya versus Naxal

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Jayaprakash Narayan at an agitation

NK SINGH

The Sarvodaya leader, Jayaprakash Narayan, has declared a crusade against the Naxalites of Mushahari region of Muzaffarpur district. He has taken a vow that “either my bones would crumble or I shall succeed in my mission” – of curbing the Naxalites.

The Mushahari peasant struggle – now more than two years old – is considered by the Naxalites as the “turning point in the political situation in Bihar.”

A leaflet issued by S.N. Singh, Secretary, Bihar State CPI(ML), declares that Narayan is nothing but “a tested and tried agent of the reactionary ruling class. He is a loyal lackey of the landlords, who have now requisitioned his services at Mushahari.”

Excerpts from Frontier 11 July 1970

Bihar: Sarvodaya versus Naxal by NK Singh, Frontier 11 July 1970. P1
Frontier 11 July 1970 P1

Bihar: Sarvodaya versus Naxal by NK Singh, Frontier 11 July 1970. P2
Frontier 11 July 1970 P2




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