SP MP seeks action against authors for referring to Bhagat Singh as ‘terrorist’

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“I will examine,” Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said in response to the Agrawal’s demand.

Kurien had earlier instructed the government to remove all references to Bhagat Singh as terrorist.

Raising a ‘point of order’ during Zero Hour, JD(U) member K C Tyagi said the government has banned the history textbook when it was asked only to remove the mention of ‘terrorist’ in reference to Bhagat Singh in the book. “Delhi University has banned the book. I had not asked for withdrawal of the book,” Tyagi said.

To this, Kurien said he had given a direction for removal of all references of terrorist to Bhagat Singh, and said, “On that pretext, the book cannot be banned.” He also said that in today’s parlance, the word terrorist has a different connotation and should be deleted in reference to Bhagat Singh.

MoS Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi wondered whether the pages referring to Bhagat Singh as terrorist should be torn or the book itself withdrawn. “Writers will term Bhagat Singh as terrorist and we support them…this is not possible,” he said.

TMC’s Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said the word terrorist has also been used in reference to freedom fighter Surya Sen. “What is the ruling (on this),” he asked.

Kurien said the same ruling as in case of Bhagat Singh would be applicable to all freedom fighters who have sacrificed their lives for the country.

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