AMRITSAR SAHIB—Dal Khalsa has accused both Congress and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) for “doing” trade on Sikh pain, and using it as a political bargaining tool.
Party head, and spokesperson, H S Dhami, and Kanwar Pal Singh remarked that as elections are drawing nearer, both of the parties are playing bad politics regarding Operation Blue Star and the November 1984 carnage of Sikh genocide.
They warned both the parties not to play politics on Sikh pain, and to desist from touching the sensitive nerve of the community. Holding both the parties equally responsible for sacrilege, they said, “The Hindutva forces instigated Congress led Indian government to attack Darbar Sahib. When the latter sinned by ordering attack on holiest shrine, the BJP distributed sweets on the streets of Amritsar to rub salts on the wounds of Sikhs.”
The recent disclosure about the complicity of the British government on one hand, and the suspected dubious role of Parkash Badal, and Surjit Singh Barnala in the army assault on other hand, has given a big jolt to Sikh trust. On one hand, Sikhs are at pain that the perpetrators have not been brought to book even after 30 years of carnage. On the other, Congress and BJP Shiromani combined with Akali Dal (SAD) are working their agenda to cash in on emotions.
The killers of innocent Sikhs cannot evade punishment, and will have to face justice. Sikhs don’t care what Congress, or anybody else thinks .We will not let our protest rest till the killers of 1984 episodes are brought to justice,” they said.
Taking a dig at the statement of Congress candidate from the Amritsar seat Captain Amrinder Singh, for referring to the period between 1981 to 1995 as a” dark era,” they said in fact that it was a golden period when Sikhs kept their rich traditions alive ,and fought against state aggression with full strength, and without fear. “Sikhs, who waged an armed struggle, were defenders of the faith. Their sacrifices will be written with the golden words of Sikh history”.
They termed the Badals as “shameproof,” [scoundrels] who leave no stone unturned to ensure the victory of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the man who is allegedly responsible for the gross human rights violations of Muslims, and barbaric victimization of Sikh farmers of Gujarat.
