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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.<ref name="Kaur2005">{{cite book|author=Ravinder Kaur|title=Religion, violence, and political mobilisation in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEMwF7pAm-cC&pg=PA90|access-date=18 February 2012|date=5 November 2005|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-0-7619-3431-8|pages=90–}}</ref><ref name="Hansen2005">{{cite book|author=Thomas Blom Hansen|title=Violence in urban India: identity politics, 'Mumbai', and the postcolonial city|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iRAj9NnMdYgC&pg=PA63|access-date=18 February 2012|year=2005|publisher=Permanent Black|isbn=978-81-7824-120-3|pages=63–}}</ref> | 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.<ref name="Kaur2005">{{cite book|author=Ravinder Kaur|title=Religion, violence, and political mobilisation in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEMwF7pAm-cC&pg=PA90|access-date=18 February 2012|date=5 November 2005|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-0-7619-3431-8|pages=90–}}</ref><ref name="Hansen2005">{{cite book|author=Thomas Blom Hansen|title=Violence in urban India: identity politics, 'Mumbai', and the postcolonial city|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iRAj9NnMdYgC&pg=PA63|access-date=18 February 2012|year=2005|publisher=Permanent Black|isbn=978-81-7824-120-3|pages=63–}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Funeral Procession for Krishna Desai.png|thumb|Funeral Procession for Krishna Desai. June 14, 1970]] | [[File:Funeral Procession for Krishna Desai.png|thumb|Funeral Procession for Krishna Desai. June 14, 1970]] | ||
Desai was stabbed to death on 5 June 1970. He was a sitting [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] when he was murdered.<ref name="Purandare1999">{{cite book|author=Vaibhav Purandare|title=The Sena story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3WKAAAAMAAJ|access-date=18 February 2012|year=1999|publisher=Business Publications Inc|isbn=978-81-7693-015-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeRWxaJLoDUC&pg=PA204 | Desai was stabbed to death on 5 June 1970. He was a sitting [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] when he was murdered.<ref name="Purandare1999">{{cite book|author=Vaibhav Purandare|title=The Sena story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3WKAAAAMAAJ|access-date=18 February 2012|year=1999|publisher=Business Publications Inc|isbn=978-81-7693-015-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeRWxaJLoDUC&pg=PA204|title=Mumbai Fables|last=Prakash|first=Gyan|date=2010-09-20|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1400835942|pages=204|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeRWxaJLoDUC&pg=PA248|title=Mumbai Fables|last=Prakash|first=Gyan|date=2010-09-20|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1400835942|pages=248|language=en}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Gupta1982">{{cite book |last=Gupta |first=Dipankar |title=Nativism in a Metropolis: The Shiv Sena in Bombay |url=https://archive.org/details/nativisminmetrop0000gupt |url-access=registration |publisher=Manohar |year=1982 |page=[https://archive.org/details/nativisminmetrop0000gupt/page/159 159]}} | ||
</ref><ref name="Hensman2010">{{cite book|author=Rohini Hensman|title=Workers, unions, and global capitalism: lessons from India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euzs5t9AcsgC&pg=PA135|access-date=18 February 2012|date=14 November 2010|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-14800-9|pages=135–}} | </ref><ref name="Hensman2010">{{cite book|author=Rohini Hensman|title=Workers, unions, and global capitalism: lessons from India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euzs5t9AcsgC&pg=PA135|access-date=18 February 2012|date=14 November 2010|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-14800-9|pages=135–}} | ||
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In the special by-election held in October 1970, his wife Sarojini Desai was nominated by the CPI,<ref name=":0" /> but she was defeated by the Shiv Sena candidate [[Wamanrao Mahadik]] by a narrow margin of 1679 votes (of the nearly 62000 votes cast).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeRWxaJLoDUC&pg=PA249 | In the special by-election held in October 1970, his wife Sarojini Desai was nominated by the CPI,<ref name=":0" /> but she was defeated by the Shiv Sena candidate [[Wamanrao Mahadik]] by a narrow margin of 1679 votes (of the nearly 62000 votes cast).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeRWxaJLoDUC&pg=PA249|title=Mumbai Fables|last=Prakash|first=Gyan|date=2010-09-20|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1400835942|pages=249|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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".<ref name="Rediff-20040423">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/23espec3.htm|title=Know your party: Shiv Sena|last= Ashraf|first=Syed Firdaus |date=2004-04-23|work=rediff ELECTIONS|publisher=Rediff.com|access-date=17 June 2012|location=Mumbai}}</ref> | 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".<ref name="Rediff-20040423">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/23espec3.htm|title=Know your party: Shiv Sena|last= Ashraf|first=Syed Firdaus |date=2004-04-23|work=rediff ELECTIONS|publisher=Rediff.com|access-date=17 June 2012|location=Mumbai}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:39, 11 December 2021
Krishna Desai (died 5 June 1970) was a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI).
He was a Member of 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]
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]
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]
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- ↑ Ravinder Kaur (5 November 2005). Religion, violence, and political mobilisation in South Asia. SAGE. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3431-8. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Vaibhav Purandare (1999). The Sena story. Business Publications Inc. ISBN 978-81-7693-015-4. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ↑ Prakash, Gyan (20 September 2010). Mumbai Fables. Princeton University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-1400835942.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Prakash, Gyan (20 September 2010). Mumbai Fables. Princeton University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-1400835942.
- ↑ Gupta, Dipankar (1982). Nativism in a Metropolis: The Shiv Sena in Bombay. Manohar. p. 159.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Prakash, Gyan (20 September 2010). Mumbai Fables. Princeton University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-1400835942.
- ↑ Ashraf, Syed Firdaus (23 April 2004). "Know your party: Shiv Sena". rediff ELECTIONS. Mumbai: Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 June 2012.