Extracts of the speeches delivered by
Madhusudan Das in the Central Legislature
Salt is vital
“Salt tax in India has always been considered as a blot on the
fiscal policy of Government of India. Salt is not a luxury. Being
a poor man unable to buy salt, If he takes a little saline dust
(where saline earth is found) he is sent to prison for three to six
months and the man who sends him to prison gets a reward;
whereas if a cow impelled by hunger to trespass on a farm, the
cow is only taken into the pound and not sent to jail. Here is the
enormity of the tax.”
(From his speech delivered on floors on the Central Legislature on 7-31916).
Blood Suckers
“Government had an exhibition in calcutta to show the industrial products of Germany and Austria which found their way to
India. Austria and Germany have been sucking the blood of
India like the Americans, but while it sucks human blood, actually fans its victim with its wings. It has been discovered that
they are blood suckers.”
(From his speech delivered on floors on the Central Legislature on 21-31916).
Duty of a Legislator
“At a psychological moment like this, if we realise the importance, the far-reaching significance of this resolution and imagine to ourselves that outside this Chamber there are millions