A70. WHEN INDIA STOPPED PRODUCTION OF HEAVY WATER IN BHAKRA ON MY SPEECH.

This is May 1, 1972. For the first time since I became a member of the Vidhan Sabha, there was such a commotion on an unofficial day that there is probably no record in any Vidhan Sabha. As it is May Day, Communist MLAs, Hon'ble Satpal Dang, Darshan Singh Canada and others had moved a resolution to celebrate May Day. Which was accepted by Speaker Darbara Singh. All day May Day, no discussion was to be brought before the Vidhan Sabha.

Satpal Dang Sahib in his speech on May Day called it Workers' Day but also said that May Day is only related to the proletariat of Russia. Darshan Singh Canadian also followed in the footsteps of Dang Sahib. Other communist members also spoke for a few minutes. But they all took only an hour and a half.

Speaker Sahib asked the Congress members to speak on May Day but no one got up. Badal Sahib was the Leader of the Opposition. My seat was just behind Badal Sahib. Speaker Sahib looked at Badal Sahib then Badal Sahib gave his opinion to do House Adjournment. But Speaker Sahib did not want to do House Adjourne so soon. He looked at me and said Jalal Sahib you are from the new generation. You say something, so that the House can attend and the resolution can be passed unanimously.

At the behest of Speaker Sahib, I stood up and requested that Speaker Sahib Labor Day or Workers' Day be celebrated in every democracy in the world. But it is celebrated on different dates of the year as it is related to different events. But in India it is celebrated on May 1 and it is celebrated as Russian Day.

Mr. Speaker, Russia's proletariat, the current Communist Party, was engaged in a bitter war to seize power from the Tsar. On May 1, he celebrated one of his achievements at Lal Chowk. Where he would roll a large stone galley into the Red Square and the communist leader would climb on it to announce Russia's independence and the formation of a proletarian government.

Mr. Speaker, this day is celebrated today as Independence Day. Only independent countries have the right to celebrate it. India is a slave country of Russia. It has become independent from England though. But Nehru has made it a slave of Russia again. Therefore, this May Day should not be celebrated in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha nor should a resolution be passed in this regard to recognize Russian slavery.

As soon as this word came out of my mouth, all the cadre members, who were number 13, got up from their seats and demanded from the Speaker that his words should be removed from the proceedings of the Vidhan Sabha. Some Akali and Congress members said let Jalal speak. Let him do his thing. But the communists did not stop. Speaker Sahib adjourned the House for half an hour.

Assembled by the House, the Speaker asked me on what basis you call India a slave to Russia. I said that millions of Soviet magazines and other literature were being distributed free of charge. Indian writers are being taken to Russia for free and converted to the communist ideology. It is a vicious attempt to atheist, eradicate Hindu ideology and convert. The Communist Party is procuring thousands of tonnes of Sela rice from Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur at a price of about Rs. 1 per kg, double boiling it and sending it to the Russians at Rs. 8 per kg. Billions of rupees are being spent on propaganda of communism in India, with the remaining six rupees being paid as sales tax of about one rupee per kg. Nehru has given millions of acres of land to Russia for free to set up Russian farms. Which is almost uninhabited. But here poor Indians are being made communists under the pretext of workers. The comrades then stood up to remove the nonsense from the proceedings of the Vidhan Sabha. The Speaker said a lot about what Jalal was saying. It will have to be proved. You sit down. But they did not stop chanting slogans. Speaker Sahib adjourned the House for the next day.

The rule of the non-governmental day is that the speaker can say whatever he wants. The speaker can close his speech at will. The speaker cannot close the border. The next day the Speaker said that you have mentioned the Russian farms. Convince the House about that. So I started giving details of Russian farms one after another. Comrades would start shouting for one reason or another. Speaker Sahib would adjudicate the House. At that time the house was open for about six or seven weeks. Congress members, CM Sahib, Speaker Sahib wanted to hear me.

On the fourth day, as soon as the Vidhan Sabha session began, the comrades staged a dharna in front of the Speaker. This was probably the first dharna in the history of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. He demanded that Jalal apologize. Impressed by the dharna, the Speaker asked me to either present evidence or apologize. I begged, sir, that the Russian farms were some distance away. But Bhakra is close to Punjab. You form a House Committee of all parties to visit Bhakra today. Heavy water is being produced there. Which has atomic energy equal to uranium. It was all going to Russia secretly. Even though not a single gram is being used in the atomic plant. The trade is banned by the United Nations. When Speaker Sahib asked Satpal Dang if he agreed to form a committee of the House, he boycotted without answering. The Speaker adjourned the House.

As soon as I reached my room, the entire Chandigarh press came to my room. They were asking me where did you get the information about which we didn't even bother. At around 9 pm, the press arrived from Delhi. They recorded my statement. The next day, at about 12 o'clock, some more pressmen came. There seemed to be four Englishmen among them. I was told by the local press that it was an international press. Comes from Bombay. They wanted to know a little bit about how you found out. When did it happen from whom? I made my information clear.

The next day I was told by the press in the Vidhan Sabha that your news has also been published in the newspapers of USA, Canada and Europe. But the comrades kept calling it a lie. On the third day, it was reported in English newspapers that India had stopped production of the heavy water that was being produced in Bhakra. An English language newspaper from Bombay also reported that the Bhakra project was India's first plant to produce heavy water. The production of which has been stopped today. But the industry minister has refused to say anything about shutting down production.