Whack & Epified have come together to shed some light on the mysterious circumstances
surrounding the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. When Lal Bahadur Shastri
became the Prime minister of India the first words that he spoke
were these. “There comes a time in the life of every
nation when it stands at the cross-roads of history and must choose which way to go.
But for us there needs be no difficulty or hesitation, no looking to the right or left. Our
way is straight and clear” Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first Prime Minister
to lead us successfully in the times of war Amul Milk which is a household name today
came into being under Shastri's rule. It was also he who propogated the white
revolution Known as the penniless Prime Minister, Shastri
was such a simple, honest & humble man, although he had been a cabinet minister for many years,
he was very poor when he died. All that he owned at the end of his life was an old car
which he actually had bought in installments from the government.
Within his first year, Pakistan waged war against India. The then President of Pakistan
Ayub Khan underestimated the leadership of Shastriji.
The soft-spoken and humble Shastri lead India to victory. His slogan of "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan",
became very popular and is remembered even today.
When India had the upper hand in the war and Indian forces were approaching Lahore,
USA and the Soviet Union intervened and called for a mandatory ceasefire through the United Nations.
After all they were afraid of the war escalating
and other countries getting drawn into another World War.
India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire and they also decided to meet & sign an official declaration
to mark the end of the Indo-Pak war. Both countries
agreed to meet on neutral ground -- the city of Tashkent in the Soviet Union.
A day after signing the declaration, Shastriji is said to have suffered a heart attack and
passed away. The USSR government arrested the Soviet cook
Sattarov on suspicion of poisoning the Indian Prime Minister,
but later absolved them of the charges. Shastri's wife Lalita Shastri alleged that
he was poisoned and demanded an enquiry. As per reports, no post-mortem was conducted
on Shastriji’s body. However, dark blue spots and cut marks were
found on his abdomen. His son Sunil had even raised questions regarding them.
Shastriji's daughter was the last one from family to talk to him. His last words to her
were — “I am going to have a glass of milk and sleep.”
The line got disconnected and Suman tried again. However, when she got through 15 minutes
later, she was told her father was dead. All his belongings came back to
India except for his thermos flask from which he had his last drink of milk.
Shastriji’s personal physician said that he had no previous cardiac ailments and he
was physically fit. Why had no post mortem being conducted? And
if no post mortem was conducted, why were there cut marks around his abdomen
indicating that his stomach was washed out?
Two witnesses were scheduled to depose before a parliamentary body in 1977. One was RN Chugh,
Shastri’s doctor who accompanied him to Tashkent.
But when he was travelling to Delhi by road to testify before the committee, he was hit
by a truck and died. The second was Ram Nath, Shastri’s personal
servant, who was also present on the day of his death. Ram Nath met Shastri’s widow
before the deposition. According to family members, he told her,
“I have been carrying this burden too long. I will shed it today.”
Ram Nath left the residence to make his way to Parliament. He was hit by a moving vehicle,
his legs were crushed, and he lost his memory. In 2009, Anuj Dhar, author of the CIA's Eye
on South Asia, asked the Indian Prime Minister's Office under a Right to Information plea
that Shastri's cause of death be made public. PMO admitted that it had a classified document
on Shastriji's death, but in 2009, the prime minister’s
office refused to declassify it. They argued that declassifying the Shastri document could
harm foreign relations, create disruption in the country and cause a
breach of parliamentary privilege. it seems that there is something to hide about Shastriji's
death, but also indirectly admits that the secret is explosive.
Gulzarilal Nanda was the interim prime minister of India after the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri
in 1966. After that, the Congress elected a new Prime Minister Indira Priyadarshini
Gandhi, 13 days after the death of Shastri. There were talks of Indira Gandhi knowing
the details of Shastri’s death but deciding not to disclose them. With Indira
Gandhi as the Prime Minister, the Government became closer to Russia, we purchased Arms
& Ammunition, Scientific Equipment & offered entry to Russian Industries ; all
of this after the mysterious death of an Indian Prime Minister on Russian soil
Shastri was a war-time prime minister who died suddenly -- not just while in office,
but while actually attending a critical summit in a foreign country
to discuss terms to end a war. Yet, there continues to be dead silence on his mysterious
death. Lal Bahadur Shastri once said: “I am not
as simple as I look.” & it seems that it still holds true half a century after his death.
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