Sixteen Stormy Days- Book review
It was May of 1951. Heated debates were going in the Parliament. Proposal to amend constitution was put forward by Nehru government. It was just 14 months since constitution for new republic was accepted. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, communists and other members of Indian National Congress were against the proposal. However, the proposal was passed in the parliament and constitution of India was amended for the very first time. Amendment brought radical changes in relationships between citizen and state. Freedom of speech, freedom to trade, right to equality and right to hold property were changed with this amendment. Congress party, headed by Nehru, was aspirational in bringing land reforms in the country. UP and Bihar legislative assemblies had passed land reforms but they were stuck down by the judiciary with consideration of rights granted by constitution. Similarly, government’s efforts to censor organizer, mouthpiece of RSS and cross roads, leftist week...