Memories 1950s: Starting A New 'Swatantralata' Party -2!
The big day arrived. We put up a pandal in front of the speaker's podium at Daresi Maidan. A crowd gathered and people sat cross-legged on the spread out matting. More stood around the pandal. Rajaji and team, including N. G. Ranga, arrived from Delhi in two cars and they stopped near the podium. I welcomed them and introduced the leaders to the crowd. Then Rajaji began speaking.. Then, suddenly, the pandal collapsed. The audience scattered. Some men started hurling stones towards the podium. The attackers were surely from the parties opposed to letting Swatantra get a foothold in Ludhiana The only thing we could was get Rajaji and his companions safely back into their cars and wave them off before they got hurt. Thus ended the story of us inaugurating Swatantralata in Ludhiana. A failure! But surely, for us, a lark when it happened! ***
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