Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 16:09:56 -0800
From: "C. J. S. Wallia" <cjwallia-AT-indiastar.com>
Subject: Fwd: Stalinist intellectuals twisting Indian history


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>'Stalinist intellectuals' twisting Indian history
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>The Hindu, Wednesday, February 23, 2000
>
>Tiruvananthapuram, Feb. 23 (UNI) - The Bharatiya Janata
>Party (BJP) national executive member K Raman Pillai
>today said it was the greatest achievement of the Indian
>Council for Historical Research (ICHR) to expel a handful
>of ''Stalinist intellectuals,'' who were thriving on
>public funds, and twisting history to give a ''red colour
>to it.''
>
>In a statement here, he alleged that the ''red
>intellectuals'' had got an opportunity to twist history
>because of the lapse on the part of the earlier
>Governments. Such distorted documentation of history had
>only helped fuel communal hatred and clashes in the
>country.
>
>He congratulated the Central Government for restructuring
>the council by including eligible candidates. He said the
>proposed white paper of the ICHR would bring out all the
>misdeeds of the Stalinists.



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