Monday, November 05, 2007

RSS demands action against UPSC over Bhagat Singh row

Bhubaneswar: (visakeo)- RSS on Friday came down heavily on the move of the Union Public Service Commission, which turned the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh as terrorist in the Civil Service Main Examinations. RSS reaction came after a question in the Civil Services Main Examination, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), asking the students to evaluate the "revolutionary terrorism" of one of the best-known martyrs of Indian freedom struggle - Bhagat Singh. The question was part of the general studies part- I paper which was held recently. "The word terrorism has negative connotations in the minds of the masses and the UPSC was trying to equate Osama bin Laden and other terrorists with Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, and we will not allow it to happen," RSS. The Sangh further said, "This is an insult to some of greatest freedom strugglers. How can Bhagat Singh be equated to Osama Bin Laden? It is ironic that even after sixty odd years of our Independence, we have not been able to judge the role of our revolutionaries and give them proper respect. Should those heroes be branded as "terrorists", who kissed the gallows with smiles on their vibrant faces, without showing any traces of fear and died with only one slogan Inquilab Zindabad on their lips? RSS asked.

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