2024-04-30 22:15:41
In the fifties, when Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia resolved to oppose the anti-people policies of Nehru and Congress, the name of Madhu Limaye rapidly emerged as his exclusive ideological ally. Lohia, whose principled and people-committed politics, Were also convinced. During the same time, at the time of establishment of Praja Socialist Party, Lohia was the General Secretary while Joint Secretary with Madhu Limaye, Ashok Mehta and Sadiq Ali.
Was made secretary. Lohia had special respect for Madhu, an example of which is the decision to invite Madhu Limaye to the state executive of the Praja Samajwadi Party held in Ghazipur. Whereas in the Avadi session of Madras in 1955, on the proposal of the Congress, the Praja Samajwadi Party Madhu Limaye was suspended from the party for her strong opposition to the support of Bombay President Ashok Mehta.
After this invitation, Acharya Narendra Dev, in his capacity as the President of Praja Socialist Party, banned the regional conference of Ghazipur. Despite this, the conference was held and on the instructions of Lohia, the central leadership was condemned. As a result, Lohia was also suspended. From this development, the importance of Madhu Limaye in the socialist movement can be understood very well. Madhu Limaye was born on 1 May 1922 in Poona. Her father was Shri Ram Chandra Mahadev Limaye. Prof. Champa Limaye became her life partner. She published an important collection of her husband’s writings in the name of Souharda. Leaving studies at Fergusson College, Madhu Limaye jumped into the freedom movement during his student days and at the age of eighteen, he was sentenced to imprisonment for the first time in 1940-41. While living underground in the Quit India Movement, he led the movement in Maharashtra, later he was caught and remained in jail for a long time.
This recognition brought him fame throughout the country. After independence, he successfully led the Goa liberation movement along with Lohia, due to which he was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment. Which is an example of his fighting personality. Madhu Limaye was a member of the Lok Sabha four times and became famous as a very sharp parliamentarian. With his entry into the Parliament, the ministers of the ruling party used to feel proud. Madhu Limaye, well-versed in parliamentary rules, became the voice of the poor and the oppressed in the Lok Sabha. During his tenure as MP, almost all important bills could not be passed without debate. He always tried to strengthen the image of Parliament in the minds of the common people as a center for solving the basic problems of the people. That is why Madhu Limaye remained synonymous with the dignity, political correctness and honesty of being a public representative throughout his life. He believed that to live up to the trust and confidence with which the public has elected you, your moral character should be spotless.
Only then will the words spoken by the leaders have an impact on the public. From beginning to end, he remained dedicated to socialism and kept raising his voice against inequality and political maneuvers. After leaving politics in 1982 due to ill health and the decline of value-based politics, he continued to devote his entire time to writing. As a result of which, in the last decade of his life, he worked on writing more than thirty books and in total about sixty books. Which is effective literature in understanding the interrelationships of society including politics. Madhu Limaye’s role was very important in expanding the JP movement and establishing the unity of the entire opposition. She strongly opposed the dual party membership of representatives of various parties included in the Janata Party government and instead advocated single membership. Emergency. During the MISA, he stayed in various jails of Madhya Pradesh from July 1975 to February 1977. In protest against this, he resigned from the membership of the fifth Lok Sabha. Madhu Limaye praised the youth doing politics of ideas
Prepared a long list. He always used to inspire the youth for principle based politics. He used to serve tea to the guests coming to his house with his own hands. He took good care of old relations. After Lohia’s death, he took special care of Shobhan, his domestic help. He loved to correspond on contemporary issues. He did not compromise with his principles throughout his life and as soon as it seemed that the culture of holding on to power in politics had become strong, he did not delay in leaving active politics. He has written completely serious articles about prominent political figures, which is an invaluable document for the new generation.
Are like. Remembering him in today’s politics, we all should intervene in theorizing the derailed politics, it is here that the great man
It will be a true tribute to.
Manendra Mishra, Mashal Yash Bharti Honoree, Founder Center for Socialist Studies,
Siddharthnagar
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