In a well-considered reaction on the demise of former Indian Prime Minister and BJP leader A B Vajpayee, Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh said that death was inevitable for everyone. Vajpayee’s death has triggered bitter memories of his attitude towards Sikhs, said he.

“It reminds us as to how he led BJP’s protesters 3 May 1984 in Delhi urging the Central government to send the Indian army to “liberate Golden Temple from anti-national people.” In August 1984, he justified assault and rubbed salt on our wounds by saying that, “this attack should have happened six months back.” In 1999, during tercentenary celebrations of Khalsa Panth, as Indian Prime Minister, he released a Ruper 100 crore grant to RSS to penetrate into Sikh rank and file under the pretext of the celebrations, which was used by the RSS to unleash cultural terrorism against Sikhs.

And of course, his role towards the Muslim minority in the country and Gujarat, in particular, is another tale of his bias against a particular section of people of India, stated Singh in a statement released to the media.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was cremated with full state honours today at Smriti Sthall, New Delhi with the full Indian leadership and dignitaries from various countries attending the last rites.

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Chandigarh, Punjab, 17 August 2018, WSN Bureau