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Congress teases Sikhs in 25th
year of anti-Sikh pogrom
Allots parliamentary nominations for ‘Nazi’ leaders –Sajjan and Tytler
Jagmohan Singh
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DELHI: The pace at which the trial was going on, the manner in which
Tytler was removed from the Cabinet and the self-imposed
overwhelming pressure on Sikh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stay
away from matters perceived to be pro-Sikh, Jagdish Tytler and
Sajjan Kumar, two of the sitting Members of Parliament have been
asked to contest again, though from different constituencies in
Delhi.
The Congress and
the Bharatiya Janta Party have been trading hate charges against one
another without showing scant regard for issues of justice.
Sajjan Kumar and
Jagdish Tytler are widely believed to be responsible for
engineering, masterminding and executing the anti-Sikh pogrom in
Delhi in November 1984, after the assassination of the then Prime
Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, which left 2, 733 killed as
per official statistics of the Ranganthan Mishra Commission, set up
by the government of India.
None of the
political bigwigs responsible for the carnage have been sentenced
despite overwhelming evidence.
 Sajjan
Kumar will contest from the newly created South Delhi constituency
whereas Jagdish Tytler will contest from the North-East Delhi
constituency.
In another
connected matter, Jagdish Tytler has been asked to appear in person
on 18 April, by Justice Pandey who was hearing defamation
proceedings in a case filed by advocate H. S. Phoolka, which has
been transferred from
Ludhiana
at the behest of the Supreme Court of India.
Advocate H. S.
Phoolka, spearheading the hunt to bring perpetrators to justice
since the last three decades was visibly angry at the stand of the
Congress. Speaking to WSN, he said, “All regret talk of Rahul Gandhi
was a load of bunkum. Perhaps they were not even crocodile tears.
He was simply taking the Sikhs and all justice-loving people for a
ride.” When asked to explain the rationale of the Congress stand,
the activist-advocate was categorical, “The Congress top brass –Rajiv
Gandhi downwards was responsible for the massacre of the Sikhs. The
present incumbents of the party are afraid of the truth coming out.
Anyone amongst the Sikhs, who had this feeling that there was change
of heart, should now read the writing on the wall. The perpetrators
have proved their own lie. There is no change of heart. They are all
hand in glove.”
As this development
is likely to have an impact on the elections in
Punjab, the ruling Akali Dal is likely to use it against the
Congress candidates in a big way.
So what should the
Sikhs do in the forthcoming elections? Will they throng the AICC
headquarters in Delhi and protest? Will they advise Sikhs all over
the country not to vote for the Congress?
Can we keep our
self-respect in tact and still vote for the Congress? or the BJP?
What will justice-loving people in the country do? Every election
brings forth this dilemma to those who have a conscience to keep in
the country. Let this conscience not be a prisoner. It has to come
out. In the open. Strongly and surely.
Jagmohan Singh
is a commentator based in Ludhiana. He may be contacted at
jsbigideas@gmail.com.
23 March 2009
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