Krishna Desai

Comrade
Krishna Desai
Statue of Krishna Desai at Tavari Pavda Lalbaug, Mumbai, where he was killed
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
1967 - 1970
ConstituencyParel
Personal details
BornValsad, Gujarat
Died5 June 1970(1970-06-05) (aged 92)
Lalbaug, Mumbai
Manner of deathAssassination (stab wound)
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India

Krishna Desai (13 October 1877 - 5 June 1970) was a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI).

Life

He was a Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra who represented the working-class Mumbai constituency of Parel, then a communist stronghold. Desai was murdered in 1970, and this was preceded by the burning of the office of the CPI-led Girni Kamgar Union. Hansen considers his murder to be the culmination of the Shiv Sena campaign against the communists. His murder was a sign of a Sena victory in its struggle for the domination of unions and politics in Mumbai's working class district.[1][2]

Death

Funeral Procession for Krishna Desai. June 14, 1970

Desai was stabbed to death on 5 June 1970. He was a sitting MLA when he was murdered.[3][4] Seven suspects were arrested on 8 June 1970. Nineteen young persons were charged and sixteen were convicted for the murder. The accused were defended by Ram Jethmalani. Balasaheb Thackeray's complicity in the murder was never proven. Prakash writes that those convicted were members of the Shiv Sena.[5] According to Dipankar Gupta, the Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray congratulated those who killed Desai, declaring, "we must not miss a single opportunity to massacre communists wherever we find them."[6][7]

Aftermath

In the special by-election held in October 1970, his wife Sarojini Desai was nominated by the CPI,[5] but she was defeated by the Shiv Sena candidate Wamanrao Mahadik by a narrow margin of 1679 votes (of the nearly 62000 votes cast).[8]

According to the communists, the then Indian National Congress government had an interest in weakening and driving out the communists, and so it "supported the incident".[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ravinder Kaur (5 November 2005). Religion, violence, and political mobilization in South Asia. SAGE. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3431-8. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  2. ^ Thomas Blom Hansen (2005). Violence in urban India: identity politics, 'Mumbai', and the postcolonial city. Permanent Black. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-81-7824-120-3. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  3. ^ Vaibhav Purandare (1999). The Sena story. Business Publications Inc. ISBN 978-81-7693-015-4. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  4. ^ Prakash, Gyan (20 September 2010). Mumbai Fables. Princeton University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-1400835942.
  5. ^ a b Prakash, Gyan (20 September 2010). Mumbai Fables. Princeton University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1400835942.
  6. ^ Gupta, Dipankar (1982). Nativism in a Metropolis: The Shiv Sena in Bombay. Manohar. p. 159.
  7. ^ Rohini Hensman (14 November 2010). Workers, unions, and global capitalism: lessons from India. Columbia University Press. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-0-231-14800-9. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  8. ^ Prakash, Gyan (20 September 2010). Mumbai Fables. Princeton University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-1400835942.
  9. ^ Ashraf, Syed Firdaus (23 April 2004). "Know your party: Shiv Sena". rediff ELECTIONS. Mumbai: Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 June 2012.


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