Chaudhary Devi Lal, the Messiah and Real public leader of farmers and workers:A Review
Dr. Ramjilal, Social Scientist, Former Principal, Dyal Singh College, Karnal (Haryana-India)
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-Samaj Weekly
Summary
It has been more than two decades since the death of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal, who came from a small state like Haryana and spread his influence across the country. But even today his name is popular in Haryana. What was the reason that Chaudhary Devi Lal, fondly called ‘Tau’, still remains in the minds of the people of the state?
Chaudhary Devi Lal was a great son of Haryana, a son of the land, a messiah of the dependent class, farmers and workers. Devi Lal is the king of people’s heart of Haryana, uncrowned king, public leader, political warrior, diamond of Haryana, prince of farmers, gem of India, Bhishma Pitamah of modern Indian politics, man of the era, iron man, king maker, capable administrator, symbol of struggle, and an idol of sacrifice. Because of being revered by crores of people, people respectfully address him as “Tau”. Although grandfather, father and uncle have special importance and respect in the family, but respect for “Tau” is special. That is why the public respects Chaudhary Devi Lal as “Tau Devi Lal”. He was a pioneer among the founders of Haryana. In politics, he rose from the Chief Minister of the small state of Haryana to the post of Deputy Prime Minister of India. In short, Chaudhary. Devi Lal was a social reformer, simple person, great personality, politician, freedom fighter and popular ‘people’s hero’.
Expansion
The childhood spent in difficulties steeled the intentions.
Chaudhary Devi Lal (Born –Devi Dayal; 25 September 1914 – 6 April 2001) was born on 25 September, 1914 in Tejakheda (Haryana), a village in district Sirsa. His father’s name was Chaudhary Lekh Ram Sihag and his mother’s behaviour name was Mrs. Shugna Devi. His father was a big landowner and a person of feudal nature, because he had 2750 Beegha of land in Chautala village. Due to the untimely death of his mother (Mrs. Shugna Devi) during his childhood, he did not have his mother’s love, affection and had been deprived of security. His father’s behaviour was feudalistic and authoritarian and no matter how much love a stepmother gives, she can never take the place of mother. Due to the family environment, the boy Devi Dayal, who later left an indelible mark on Indian political history by the name of “Tau Devi Lal”, became a rebel since childhood, and this had an impact on his thinking and political behaviour throughout his life.
Chaudhary Devi Lal’s primary education was in Government Primary School, Chautala and he studied in Dabwali from class five to class eight. After this, he studied at Bhagwan Memorial School, Firozepur and later at Dev Samaj High School, Moga. Devi Lal had practical knowledge of Persian, Urdu, Hindi and English. His most favourite subject was history. Apart from studies, he was also interested in sports. He had special interest in wrestling, horse riding and swimming. Devi Lal took training to become a wrestler in the Akhara of Badal village in Punjab. The friendship between Devi Lal and Prakash Singh Badal started from this village, which over time deepened into political friendship and family relations. Even today, both these families have a strong social and political relationship. Due to his interest in sports, He developed the spirit of tolerance, courage, struggle and leadership and he considered politics as a game. As a result, he had a unique talent of leadership, expertise and unprecedented and incomparable quality of struggle. Devi Lal himself used to admit this and said that it was because of sports that he ‘got the inspiration to lead the people
‘ Gandhian and Communist ideologies
When Devi Lal was a student, the Indian independence movement was in its youth. Mahatma Gandhi was leading the Indian people through peaceful and non-violent means and going to jail had become as if one considers it a sacred duty to go to the temple of Mother India and worship. There was no fear of jail and imprisonment and on the other hand, the youth, influenced by socialism and Marxism, wanted to liberate India through the use of revolutionary methods. Therefore, the Gandhian, communist and revolutionary movements were two sides of the same coin and both were complementary and supplementary to each other. To strengthen its grip, the British imperialist government in India had imposed several restrictions on revolutionary literature and revolutionary organisations. The influence of both the ideologies of the national movement was continuously increasing on the people of India.
Being a rebel since childhood, Devi Lal was highly influenced by the contemporary political movements and events. During his Student life, DeviLal was also influenced by newspapers like ‘Vande Mataram,’ ‘Milap,’ and ‘Pratap.’ After reading the thoughts of the revolutionaries -Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev and others Devi Lal was highly inspired to participate in the national freedom movement.
The Simon Commission Go Back: February 1928
When the Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 were implemented by the British Government, it was said that after 10 years in India, a commission would be appointed to study the impacts of these reforms. Baldwin, the then Prime Minister of England, appointed a commission under the leadership of Sir John Simon. That is why it is called the Simon Commission. All seven of its members were British MPs. There was not even a single Indian among them, so it is also called the ‘White Commission’. The Simon Commission was announced on 8 November 1927 and it reached Mumbai (India) on 3 February 1928. The Simon Commission was opposed everywhere in India, from Mumbai to Kolkata and from Madras (Chennai) to Lahore. The slogan was raised ‘Simon Commission Go Back’. When the Simon Commission reached Lahore Railway Station on 30 October 1928, the slogans raised by the huge crowd of non-violent and peaceful protesters, ‘Simon Commission Go Back’, were echoing in the sky. It was led by Lala Lajpat Rai. The incident of Lala Lajpat Rai’s death (17 November 1928) due to police baton attack left an indelible mark on the soul, heart and mind of young Devi Lal like other youth and revolutionaries –Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, and Chandra Shekhar Azad .
Like millions of Indians, the thinking of young Devi Lal was most influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology and thinking of non-violence, Satyagraha and peace. This was the reason that at the age of 15, on the call of Mahatma Gandhi, Devi Lal and his elder brother Sahib Ram left their studies and jumped into the national movement. In December 1929, Devi Lal participated as a volunteer in the Lahore session of the Congress Party.
When the historic Dandi March started on 12 March 1930 under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the British government was challenged by making salt, Devi Lal was imprisoned in Central Jail, Hisar on 8 October 1930 due to rebellion and in Borstal Jail on 4 January 1931. He was sent to Lahore jail (now in Pakistan) and remained in jail for about 10 months.
.This was the first jail visit of young Devi Lal. It was a milestone and the first great step in his political career. The fear of jail vanished from his mind forever and like millions of other agitators, revolutionaries and patriots, the jail journey became like a ‘pilgrimage’ for DeviLal. While serving his sentence in Lahore jail, Devi Lal visited Amar Shaheed Bhagat Singh several times.
When the revolutionary sons of Mother India – Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged on March 23, 1931, the flame of nationalism crossed its peak all over India. The great sacrifice of these Great revolutionaries left its footprints throughout India at that time.
It was the greatest political event and movement till then. The sacrifices of these great sons of Mother India had an indelible impact on DeviLal’s thoughts and he became a staunch nationalist and rebel. Although Devi Lal was influenced by revolutionary thinking, he did not abandon the Gandhian perspective in political struggle.
As a result of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Devi Lal, like other patriots, was released from jail on 5 March, 1931. But in January 1932, when the Civil Disobedience Movement started again, Devi Lal was also arrested and imprisoned in jail. However, due to the suspension of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1934, thousands of agitators, including Devi Lal, were released from jail. After this, he had to go to jail due to his active participation in Individual Satyagraha (1940-1941) and Quit India Movement (1942). Due to his participation in the Indian National Movement, Chaudhary Devi Lal went to jail 7 times. He was one of the great freedom fighters of Haryana.
Role in maintaining social harmony at the time of partition of the country
It is a well-known fact that India gained independence as a divided nation on 15 August, 1947. After the establishment of Pakistan, crores of people left India for Pakistan and came to India from Pakistan. Population exchange on such a large scale has never happened in the written history of mankind. In the years 1946-1947, the feeling of communalism and communal violence in India was at its peak. Innocent people were murdered and countless women were humiliated, disgraced and killed. During the Hindu-Muslim riots, about 6 to 8 million people – Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims – were killed, 18 million people became refugees and 12 million people were rendered homeless and destitute. It was the situation where people have lost their humanity and become insane due to communalism. When according to an unconfirmed estimate based on religion, about 50,000 women and girls were being victimised by communal devils in front of their relatives and Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs were dying in the communal Tandava dance, where women and girls were being publicly raped and murdered, where it was very difficult to think about humanity, secularism, Hindu-Muslim-Sikh unity and the spirit of service, In such a situation, Devi Lal remained steadfast and strong like a rock like the national leadership and great national leaders of India – Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi he remained engaged in the service of the suffering people and helped the Muslims to go to Pakistan. He helped Hindus and Sikhs to come to India and establish refugee camps.As a result, Devi Lal had great respect among the followers of Sikhism and Islam. Devi Lal was like a lamp of light in the atmosphere of communal violence. In the current political environment, Devi Lal’s secular thinking has special importance and relevance today.
After independence, Hindi became the voice of the United Punjab.
Devi Lal remained active in politics even in the post-independence period. Among the main farmer movements based on communist and socialist ideologies, the Mujara Farmers Movement in Punjab (1951-1952) was a major movement. He started the Mujara Movement in his village Chautala against the Zamindari system. Devi Lal was arrested along with 500 workers. Due to public pressure, the then Chief Minister of the Punjab Gopi Chand Bhargava had to release Devi Lal from jail in September 1950. As a result, Devi Lal continued to move forward on the Indian political scene as a farmer leader. In 1952, while living in his village Chautala, he was elected to the Punjab Assembly from Ellenabad. Chaudhary Devi Lal continuously fought for the rights of Muzaras in the Punjab Assembly and succeeded in getting the Mujara Act enacted in 1953. Pratap Singh Kairon became the Chief Minister in January 1956 . Bhimsen Sachar resigned due to a power struggle in the Congress Party. Chaudhary Devi Lal supported Pratap Singh Kairon in the politics of power struggle. Pratapsingh Kairon took four ministers from the Hindi-speaking region (Haryana) and Devi Lal was given the post of Parliamentary Secretary. Devilal’s popularity continued to increase. Lala Brishabhan in 1958 {1955 PEPSU–last Chief Minister of PEPSU)
After defeating Devi Lal, he became the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. In 1958, he became a member of the Punjab Assembly by winning the election from Dabwali on a Congress Party ticket. Devi Lal realised that the governments of the Hindi-speaking region (Haryana) were inferior to the governments of the Punjabi-speaking region (Punjab) in economic, social, educational, power, industrial, technical, agricultural, irrigation, road- transport, health,and animal husbandry sectors
Finding people as the victims of backwardness due to discriminatory and biased policies, schemes and programs, Devi Lal not only opposed these unjust and discriminatory policies inside and outside the Punjab Assembly, but also helped in the distribution of tickets of the Congress Party in the by-election of 1962. Due to discriminatory and unjust policy, he left the Congress Party and formed Haryana Lok Samiti that won the Fatehabad constituency in the 1962 elections and he became MLA. At that time, Devi Lal played a leading role in the movement for the establishment of Haryana state under the banner of Haryana Sangharsh Samiti in response to the demand of Akali Dal to create Punjabi Suba. Haryana was established (1 November, 1966) due to the tireless efforts and public relations of Devi Lal.
The centre of politics formed in the new state of Haryana
After the establishment of Haryana (1 November 1966), in February 1967, the Congress Party got 48 out of 81 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Devi Lal thought of crossing the boundaries of the caste system as an icon of sacrifice. As the leader of the Congress Legislative Party, Chaudhary DeviLal proposed the name of Dalbir Singh (Chamar Caste- Dalit class) to be appointed as the Chief Minister of Haryana. But by the Congress High Command,Bhagwat Dyal Sharma was appointed as the Chief Minister on 10 March 1967. He undemocratically imposed Chief Minister, Bhagwat Dyal Sharma, despite being an active player in politics, completely failed to keep the Assembly in order. As a result, after exactly 13 days, his government fell apart like a house of cards. In the history of Indian democracy, this is the first example of the collapse of the government at the state level after 13 days. Later, the National Democratic Government at the central level under the leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee also collapsed within 13 days.
On March 24, 1967, a United Front government was formed in Haryana under the leadership of the Vishal Haryana Party’s leader Rao Birendra Singh. Rao Birendra Singh’s government became a victim of corruption, horse trading (defection), and instability. Rao Birendra Singh ignored the suggestions for a rural development program presented by Devi Lal. As a result, Devi Lal raised his voice against the anti-rural government. Due to corruption and politics of ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram’, the President’s rule was imposed in the newly formed Haryana, on 2 November 1967. After the mid-term elections of May 1968, due to the efforts of Devi Lal, Bansi Lal became the Chief Minister of Haryana on 22 May 1968, but due to Bansi Lal’s undemocratic attitude, Devi Lal left the Congress Party in January 1971. In the mid-term elections, Devilal lost the elections from Tusham and Adampur, but at the suggestion of Punjab’s Akali Dal leader Prakash Singh Badal, Devilal again became active in the farmers’ movement. Devi Lal was elected as the head of the Sangharsh Committee in place of Swami Indravesh. On 29 May, 1973, Devi Lal and other leaders were arrested. Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered his release from jail on 4 October 1973. In 1974, he became MLA by defeating the Congress candidate in the by-election from the Rodi constituency.
To crush the movement of Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan, national emergency was declared under Article-352 of the Constitution by the then Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi on 25 June 1975. National leaders, along with Devi Lal, were also arrested on a pre-planned policy. During the emergency, democracy was turned into dictatorship and atrocities were committed against the people by the nexus of the ruling party, bureaucracy and police. Like other Leaders during the Emergency, Devi Lal also remained in jail for 19 months. After being released from jail on 25 January 1977, Devi Lal left no stone unturned to go among the public and give intensity to the anti-Congress tsunami wave. Choudhary Devi Lal was not in favour of taking election donations from the capitalist class because his fight was a struggle between the ‘commodity class and the plundering class’. Therefore, he raised the slogan of ‘one vote, one note’ in the elections to be held after the emergency. After the emergency, the newly formed Janata Party government was formed in the Center and Haryana. Devi Lal became the Chief Minister of Haryana on 21 June 1977. His rule as Chief Minister was from 21 June 1977 to 28 June 1979. During this period he created innumerable welfare schemes.
On the occasion of then Deputy Prime Minister of India, Charan Singh’s 77th birthday, a farmers’ rally was organised in Delhi on 23 December 1978 to show strength. The then Prime Minister, Morarji Desai, was against organising this rally. Morarji Desai forbade Devi Lal to participate in organising the rally. But Devi Lal, regardless of the post of Chief Minister, gave priority to organising and participating in the Kisan Rally and said, “First I am a farmer, Chief Minister Later”. Angered by organising and participating in the farmers’ rally, Morarji Desai hatched a conspiracy and trapped Devi Lal in the political maze. By making Bhajan Lal a pawn, most of the Janata Party MLAs rebelled. As a result, Morarji Desai was successful in making Bhajan Lal as the Chief Minister on 28 June 1979 and ousting Devi Lal. But Devilal did not give up. This incident proves that Devi Lal was the messiah of the farmers by heart and soul.and the centre of politics in the new state of Haryana
Tau- Pivot in National Politics
Under the leadership of Devi Lal, there was an unprecedented turn in the politics of Haryana. On 27 July 1987, with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of Devi Lal, against the Rajiv-Longowal Pact (Samjhauta–24 July 1985), other political parties except the Congress Party formed Haryana Sangharsh Samiti in Delhi. Devi Lal and Mangal Singh (BJP) were elected its president and general secretary respectively. The movement was launched by Haryana Sangharsh Samiti in the form of ‘Nayay Yudh’. As a result of the ‘ Nayay Yudh’, in the 1987 Haryana Assembly elections, the alliance of Haryana’s Lok Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party got 85 out of 90 seats. Devi Lal again became the Chief Minister on 20 July 1987. He remained on this post till 2 December 1989. In this short period (17 July 1987– 2 December 1989) he implemented many welfare schemes. Among these, old age respect pension, unemployment allowance, three per cent reservation in government jobs for the disabled, continuous supply of electricity to farmers, support price of crops etc. are notable. His main slogan was,” Bijli Pani ka Prabandh,Bhrashtachar Bandh“
In the Ninth Lok Sabha elections held in October-November 1989, the National Front achieved an unprecedented victory due to the anti-Congress tsunami wave-like in 1977. In the elections of the ninth Lok Sabha, Devi Lal rose above the politics of Haryana played an unprecedented role in national politics and left an incomparable and unique impression. In the 1989 elections, Devi Lal became a member of the Lok Sabha for the second time. Before this, he had become a Lok Sabha MP for the first time in 1980. Till 1989, Devi Lal continued to play the role of the ‘King Maker’ in Haryana or himself became the Chief Minister, but after the 1989 Lok Sabha elections, he became a great and completely new political avatar on the stage of national politics as an icon of sacrifice. Became famous symbol of supreme sacrifice.
In December 1989, the members of the newly elected Lok Sabha in the Central Hall of the Indian Parliament unanimously elected Devi Lal as their leader (Prime Minister), but Devi Lal displeased the MPs and all the members present in the Central Hall by proposing the name of V.P. Singh to crown him as the Prime Minister of. It was a bombshell and surprised the people of India. Devi Lal was an icon of sacrifice. Apart from the Ramayana period, there is probably no other example of renunciation and sacrifice in the written history of the world. Although Devi Lal made an unprecedented sacrifice, some of the commentators have termed it, as a ‘historical mistake’. If Chaudhary Devi Lal had become the Prime Minister, then welfare policies that were implemented by him in Haryana could have been implemented in the whole of India.
V.P. Singh made Devi Lal the Deputy Prime Minister on 2 December 1989. Devi Lal was the sixth Deputy Prime Minister of India. Although the post of Deputy Prime Minister is not mentioned in the Constitution, this post has its dignity, because Sardar Patel held the post of the first Deputy Prime Minister during the rule of Jawaharlal Nehru. Devi Lal was the Deputy Prime Minister during the tenure of Prime Ministers –VP Singh and Chandrasekhar from 2 December 1989 to 31 July, 1990 and from November 1990 to June 1991 respectively. Devi Lal was elected member of Rajya Sabha in 1998.
He died on 6 April, 2001 at the age of 86. His mausoleum is built on the banks of the Yamuna River in Delhi. It is famous as a Sangharsh Sathal. His eldest son Chaudhary Omprakash Chautala was the Chief Minister four times (2 December, 1989 to 2 May 1990, 12 July 1990 to 17 July 1990, 22 March 1991 to 6 April 1991 and 24 July 1999 to 4 March 2005).
At present, the fourth generation of Chaudhary Devi Lal is active in Haryana politics. Devi Lal’s family is divided into Jannayak Janata Party, Indian National Lok Dal and some of the members of the family have joined the BJP. Ch. Devi Lal’s grandson, Ch.Abhay Singh Chautala (Son of Ch. Omprakash Chautala)is leading Indian National lok Dal and great grandson Dushyant Chautala,( Son of Ch.Ajay Singh Chautala), held the post of Deputy Chief Minister in the BJP-led coalition government from 2019 to 2024. On March 24, 2024, Devi Lal’s son Ch.Ranjit Singh joined the BJP . Due to greed for power, this division of Ch. Devi Lal’s family has proved to be harmful to the politics of Haryana. If the division of the family had not happened, then ‘Grand Old Man of Haryana Politics’, Ch. Omprakash Chautala, following in the footsteps of his father, would have proved to be very helpful for the farmers and working class of Haryana..
Social Engineering: Umbrella Politics
According to an estimate, about 55% of voters in India vote based on caste. This is the reason why this saying was more popular in the last century in a state like Haryana – ‘Jaat ki beti Jaat ko, Jaat ka vote Jaat ko’. The idioms are coined and are used by politicians to influence voting. An ‘umbrella of castes’ is prepared based on castes. In the 20th century, Chaudhary Charan Singh, while doing social engineering of the farmer castes of Western Uttar Pradesh, tried to bring the farmer castes on one platform by creating the umbrella of ‘AJGR’ – Ahir, Jat, Gurjar, Rajput. Chaudhary Devi Lal expanded the idiom of ‘Ajgar’ in Haryana, he created it as an umbrella of social engineering of ‘HMAJGR’ – Harijans, Muslims, Ahirs, Jats, Gurjars and Rajputs. Through this type of umbrella politics, voters are influenced and social engineering increases the possibility of unity in the society. In the present politics of Haryana, there is no leader like Chaudhary Devi Lal. Had there not been a split among Chaudhary Devi Lal’s successors due to greed for power and loaves and fishes, then Chaudhary Omprakash Chautala – known as the ‘Grand Old Man of Haryana Politics’ due to the umbrella politics – would have been a more influential leader of both Jat and non-Jat castes.
Policies, schemes, due to which Chaudhary Devi Lal was called Jannayak: Real Hero
As a successful and capable Chief Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Devi Lal implemented innumerable public welfare schemes for the public, especially farmers, workers, Dalits and the underprivileged. These schemes and programs include a reduction of interest on loans received from banks to farmers and labourers, matching grants, food for work, unemployment allowance, old age honour pension, and increase in pension of freedom fighters and honouring them with certificates, disabled people and widows. Increase in pension, 3 per cent reservation in jobs for the disabled, construction of ring dams to protect against floods, emphasis on the creation of small-cottage industries and cheese, medicines at affordable rates, supply of electricity based on cheap rates and priority, bus pass facility at nominal fare for students, loan waiver of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, new construction of Chaupals in villages, assistance to Harijan women, open door administration to educate children of nomads and to give them an incentive of one rupee per child per day for attending schools .
In short, Tau Devi Lal was the messiah of the ‘Kamera Varg’. Like Karl Marx and Lenin, Devi Lal was a staunch opponent of the exploiting class and a well-wisher of the exploited class, but instead of revolutionary change, he supported change through Gandhian and democratic methods.
Chaudhary Devi Lal’s place in Indian politics
Chaudhary Devi Lal’s critics and opponents accuse him of corruption, casteism, indiscipline, separatism etc., but such allegations are baseless, unfair and devoid of facts. We are of the firm opinion that the development schemes implemented by Devi Lal for every section of Haryana.These have benefited all sections of society rather than any particular caste. His political struggle was for the protection and prosperity of the interests of the general public rather than that of any particular caste or particular region. Although Devi Lal has played a leading role in ousting the governments of Gopichand Bhargava and Pratap Singh Kairo before the formation of Haryana and the governments of Bhagwat Dyal Sharma, Rao Birendra Singh after the formation of Haryana and Morarji Desai and VP Singh at the Center after this was because of public interest. To fulfil the public interest, Devi Lal was a leader in forming and ousting governments. This reflects public interests and public opinion rather than his selfishness because Devi Lal had deep faith in the ‘people’s rule’.
Devi Lal, no doubt, was a supporter of the democratic system and had deep faith in equality, freedom, fraternity, secularism, communal harmony, nationalism and non-violence. Devi Lal fought all his life against injustice, whether it was for the rights of the Mujaras ,the development of Haryana and the security and prosperity of its interests or the war of justice(Nayay yudh) against corruption, injustice and inequality. Devi Lal remained firm on his values, ideals and principles from childhood till the last moments of his life. There was no difference between his words and actions. The working class of India is proud of Chaudhary Devi Lal and is also grateful to him because such persons are rarely born.
According to Allama Iqbal:
हज़ारों साल नर्गिस अपनी बे-नूरी पे रोती है
बड़ी मुश्किल से होता है चमन में दीदा-वर पैदा.
Chaudhary Devi Lal was truly a public leader, political warrior, symbol of sacrifice, renunciation and struggle. He was the Emperor of the hearts of the people. There is a strong feeling among the general public that Chaudhary Devi Lal should be honoured with Bharat Ratna.
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