As soon as the Congress government was formed in Karnataka on May 20, a government school teacher was suspended because he made comments condemning the new CM Siddaramaiah and Congress free election promises. But this criticism did not go down well with the new CM and the state government issued an order for suspension of the teacher on the very day of taking the oath. This situation is not only in Karnataka, but also in many other states of the country, where the government and the people sitting on the post are not able to digest their criticism and cases are being registered against them immediately.

The process of action against the condemnation of democratically elected leaders is not of today. It had started only when India became independent and was engaged in the struggle to move forward in the youth of independence. Then the command of the country was in the hands of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, but even after independence, the process of speaking against the power and saying it in its own style is still there.

Amidst the celebration of independence, there were many people who wanted the government to listen to the people and the freedom of the pen should also remain. Meanwhile, famous poet Majrooh Sultanpuri recited an explosive song in a meeting of mill workers, which was directly said about the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Then the poet Majrooh has become a great personality of the country.

Sung a song in front of mill workers, reached jail: Before the independence of the country, a song written by him started resonating everywhere. After several attempts by famous movie producer AR Kardar, Majrooh wrote songs for his film Shahjahan (1946), which soon became popular across the country. In the voice of KL Sehgal, 'Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya Hum Ji Ke Kya Karenge' has reached everyone's lips. In this movie 'Mere Sapno Ki Rani', Mohammad Rafi started his singing career by singing in the chorus. Then he had written songs for many movies.

In the year 1949, Majrooh spoke harshly about Nehru and Khadi through his poetry in Bombay, which didn't go down well with the top leaders of that time, they became very angry with it. Morarji Desai used to be a big leader of Bombay Presidency then he was the Home Minister of the state. Morarji Desai put the poet and lyricist in Arthur Road Jail for this song and asked him to apologize for the song, which he refused. As a result, Majrooh Sultanpuri had to spend 2 years in jail for a song. The poem for which he had to spend 2 years in jail, here is the poem…

Majrooh remained on Nehru's target even in 1962: It is a different coincidence, the death anniversary of famous poet Majrooh Sultanpuri falls on 24th May, while Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's death anniversary is being celebrated on 27th May. Pandit Nehru once again appeared against the leftist leaders including Majrooh when the war between India and China started in 1962. Majrooh then went underground, but in the meantime a mushaira was organized in Nagpada, Mumbai, in which he reached to attend, but after several attempts, he was caught again.

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