In 1942, Atal Behari Vajpayee, around 16, as an active member of the RSS not only did not participate in the freedom movement (as decreed by the RSS which did not want to oppose the British) but gave a statement of his non-participation in the militant events in his home village of Bateshwar on August 27, 1942. Not only that, he also named the other participants in these events who bravely faced the punishment for the same. Vajpayee had himself accepted that the enclosed letter was signed by him. (Frontline, February 20, 1998)
It may be noted that before the investigation by some journalists in this episode, A B Vajpayee and his hangers-on had been claiming that Vajpayee%u2019s initiation in politics had started with Quit India movement. A sponsored article on Vajpayee%u2019s birthday on December 25, 1997 had asserted, %u201C%u2026.it was the Quit India movement that fired his nationalist zeal. He was arrested in 1942 for lending his voice to this mounting demand for freedom%u2026%u2026..%u201D (Frontline, February 20, 1998)
On January 21, 1998, Vajpayee himself issued a statement which had claimed, %u201CIt was my involvement in the Quit India movement and my imminent arrest at Gwalior that I was sent to my ancestral village, Bateshwar, about 60 miles from Agra. But I got involved in the Quit India movement in Bateshwar too.%u201D
RE:vajpayee betrayed the freedom fighters, SHAME SHAME
by soumik chowdhury on May 04, 2007 05:17 PM Permalink
@subhabrata...it seems that you are full of information about why Vajpayee is a traitor but you don't know that some amongst the communist party of India were pro-chinese in the Indo-China war 1962..the following link is specially for you in case you are not fully aware of the history of CPI(M) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist) You seem to be a staunch communist. Next time you write a post donnot just blame and criticise people and policies like your leaders do. Try to lend solutions to crisis.
RE:vajpayee betrayed the freedom fighters, SHAME SHAME
by asd fg on May 04, 2007 05:14 PM Permalink
SUBHABRATA DATTA ...what do Marxists do now? Kill people in Nadigam and Singur? You are worse than US people u dirty killers
RE:vajpayee betrayed the freedom fighters, SHAME SHAME
by asd fg on May 04, 2007 05:08 PM Permalink
Marxist contribution is giving Indian Land to China and still planning to do the same..
RE:vajpayee betrayed the freedom fighters, SHAME SHAME
by chaitanya kumar on May 04, 2007 05:05 PM Permalink
what do the communists do during freedom struggle?
RE:vajpayee betrayed the freedom fighters, SHAME SHAME
by chaitanya kumar on May 04, 2007 05:07 PM Permalink
Communists sided with Soviet then. You are always anti-nationals.
