Himalayan Times (1953)

i'our . ISiivnlmmu 0,imes November 15, 1953

Kalimpong, November lb, 1953

HUNGER STRIKES

The Ur ion Govern-
ment’s reported decision
to aeal with political hunger .
strikers in' an- exemplarv

• manner under -the Penal
Code is to be welcomed.

It. ought to do away with

* charlatanism in politics and
public Hie. Somehow, the
surren er to t' e demand
for an Andhra State as the
direct result of Petti Sri
ramuat's fast his created,
the impression that one

■ has only to announce a
fast unto ddalh to gain
one’s political en-ds That

„-‘s it very demoralising state
o! affairs.'

Mmv jn ’ the country
be’gyn to. -ap.pre.hehtl th .t
- lli.e su.reh-ie.r at the point
of 'a: fast ’' u'-i.tf> -.death in
th.yc/se 'of .The Andlir.t
ayo'ukl reallv degenerate-inlo
a political' Weapon with

■ wlu.t'h to, upse. niayority

,; <1 visions an I pollute the .
. fo'diltainhliea:! ofdTeiVo-'racy.
T'he threat on tie' pari
of u. rtain p'e iple in Kar-
rrat.rk i an : \V st 15 ng\l to
",'undgrtaK : s.m:l r las s w.is
' nothing less t.htui yr calcula-
ted challenge.to ''democracy.
That h not ; a legitimate
way. to make opinion Jelt. ■
' Goveniment have ' done ■
well to decline to make

martyrs of these misguided
folks. The decision to treat
them as guilty of an attempt
'to commit suicide is whole-
some. That Government
are as true as their word
ought to be evident from
the prompt Delhi arrest ot
a PF.PSIJ m an who para-
ded the public thoroughfares
with a placard announcing
that he was fasting into
death This news should
be broadcast ad over India
it only to warn the inten-
ding fasters unto death.

DEARNESS ALLOWANCE

TO TEACHERS

Darjeeling. Nov. 10
From the beginning of
the financial year, t h 0
Government of West Ren
• gal had agreed to increase
their share of the dearnrss
allowance to secondary
teachers .in. n^n Govern-
ment schools from Rs 5/-
to 10/- provided sHib'd
v authorities al-o made a
similar increase in th»ir
contribution. This would
bring the total Dearness
Allowance f,r a teacher
to Rs.20 per month. Some
of the^schools have s»nce
represented that it has not
been possible lor them to
increase their revenue to

dition as Government de-
cision was convoyed to
them in the middle of tho
session. Under the cir-
cumstances Government
have agreed to relax the
condition of makihg an
equivalent contribution,
upto December 1953, in
case of those schools only
that have been unable to
raise necessary funds for
meeting this extra expen-
diture. From January,
3 954 however, recognised
secondary schools will he
expected to make an equal
contribution of Rs. 10 lor
Dearness Allowance per
month, per teacher.

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