Dal Khalsa takes on Captain Amarinder Singh for observing Rajiv Gandhi’s birthday

:dateline:Calling it a state-sponsored massacre of Sikhs, the pro-freedom Sikh outfit�Dal�Khalsa has�said that the Nov 1984 killings started after�Rajiv�Gandhi�was sworn-in as Prime Minister of India on 31st Oct along with four cabinet colleagues at 6.45 pm.�

Accusing Amarinder Singh for rubbing salt on simmering wounds of aggrieved community, the organization took a dig at Punjab government for observing the death anniversary of Harchand Singh Longowal and birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi on August 20 as former was considered a traitor of Sikhs and latter was marked as killer of Sikhs.

Party spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh trashed claims of Punjab CM that�Rajiv�was away to Bengal and that he had no role in the killings of Sikhs.�Quoting former president Pranab Mukherjee from his book �The Turbulent Years 1980-1996�, Kanwar Pal said�Rajiv�arrived at hospital at 3.15 pm on 31^st�Oct before the official announcement of the death of Indira�Gandhi.�

Despite so much of outrage and anger against Sikhs, not a single death has been reported before Rajiv was sworn in as Prime Minister. Moreover, a person of�Rajiv�Gandhi�stature doesn’t need to be physically present to engineer the killings of thousands of Sikhs, he pointed out.�

He said it’s pity that Captain Amrinder Singh was defending mass murderers and has always placed his personal loyalty towards Gandhi family over and above the community.

The�Dal�Khalsa�reiterated its long-standing demand for the intervention of United Nations for credible investigation into the November 1984 pogrom and trail of Rajiv Gandhi and Narsima Rao (posthumously).�