CHANDIGARH, Punjab—Some documents have surfaced over social media about the statistics of deaths occurred in Punjab from March-1981 to June-1984 due to violence and the volume of cognizable crimes occurred in all states of India during 1983. The first document was published by the Indian government in ‘White Paper on The Punjab Agitation’.
Interestingly, this statistic reveals that only 458 deaths occurred in Punjab from March-1981 to June-1984 as compared to the 17470 deaths due to violence in Uttar Pradesh.
It means that the deaths occurred in Punjab due to violence were only 2.62% of the total deaths occurred in Uttar Pradesh during this period.
Out of the total 458 deaths occurred in Punjab due to violence, only 132 Hindus were Hindus while the others were either Sikhs or Nirankari.
It is contrary to the then Indian government’s claim which started preparations for attacking the holiest Sikh shrine Sri Harmandir Sahib in 1981 while citing a large number of deaths due to violence in Punjab, especially Hindus.
Another document reveals that the Punjab state was standing second last in terms of the volume of cognizable offenses that occurred in 1983.
In 1983, there were only 79.2 cognizable crimes per lakh in Punjab while the Madhya Pradesh was standing first in this concern with 303 cognizable crimes per lakh.
These documents make it clear that the Sikhs were specifically targeted by the Indian government without any solid reason. The state of Punjab was presented as a violence dominated state under a highly deliberated policy so that the Sikhs could be oppressed by demolishing their holiest Sikh shrine.
This was just a political conspiracy of congress at centre and Akalis in Punjab.
Centre failed to bring Bhindrawala into their fold and Akalis dharam yudh morcha and Anandpur Sahib resolution tilted public support towards Bhindrawala due to his preachings and no double standards speaking on issues, like Akalis. So it was a joint conspiracy.
Even if we take it as told then when Bhindrawala was at Darbar Sahib , then why 40 other gurudwaras were attcked simultaneously? No one gave reply to this question till date.
Who votes for these elected ” politicians ” – who most have drug/ criminal backgrounds ? Did Bhindranwale family not all become aligned with Congress then later Badal ? Isn’t his son living in Jalandhar ? Unless laws are changed means nothing, learn to run one Gurdwara without stealing then rest will follow..
Need to get these fact highlighted when we put forward our views during debates. This is how we will be able to fight against propaganda by government and media.