Opinion July 11, Forty Years Ago: Portugal Resistance
The socialists branded the military’s plan as a flagrant violation of the pact between the political parties and the armed forces signed before the April 1974 elections.
The Portuguese Socialist Party mobilised its forces throughout the country against the military rulers’ plans to set up a workers’ state.
The Portuguese Socialist Party mobilised its forces throughout the country against the military rulers’ plans to set up a workers’ state. The party said that it would not accept the attempt of the armed forces movement to instal people’s committees and assemblies outside the present party structure. The socialists branded the military’s plan as a flagrant violation of the pact between the political parties and the armed forces signed before the April 1974 elections for a constituent assembly. The pact had committed Portugal to building socialism through a multi-party system.
Raid at RSS HQ
Police recovered a large haul of arms from the RSS central office in Nagpur following a day-long search operation.
It included 41 swords, 74 daggers, 746 lathis, 56 shields and 58 canes. A simultaneous search at another RSS office in the town yielded a country-made pistol, one bayonet and 12 swords, besides several lathis, the report said.
Land prices crash.
The prices of freehold urban plots have crashed in Delhi after the government proposed introducing a ceiling on the holding of vacant urban land. Prices of plots in Greater Kailash II, property dealers said, has crashed by about Rs 50 to 80 per square yard. The market price of land per square yard in the area was Rs 225 until recently.
Shopkeepers held
Forty shopkeepers were arrested in Delhi for not displaying price lists in their shops. Similar arrests were made in Saharanpur and Kurukshetra, the report said.
Coal to cost more
The government increased the price of coal and steel by Rs 17.5 per tonne and Rs 80 per tonne, respectively, to meet the rising cost of production.
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