Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, in his election speeches, Rajiv Gandhi repeatedly criticised Anandpur Sahib Resolution as antinational.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: But now while participating in the Rajya Sabha debate, he declared that the Anandpur Sahib Resolution was quite in order except one or two minor clauses.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Has any one whispered in his ears that the great nationalist Indian Hero, Late Jay Prakash Narain, has endorsed the resolution, or has the light of truth suddenly dawned on him? Will he show moral courage to confess that Congress (I) under his mother had purposely distorted the truth for electoral gains?
Ambassador: Not In National Interest to Disclose
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Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, British Government was vehemently castigated by Congress leaders for practicing the notorious policy of ‘“‘Divide and Rule’? to thwart the just aspirations of Indians for freedom.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: British not only played followers of one religion against another but also bought some influential Indians by giving them high offices and titles who remained loyal to the crown and kept parroting the praises of the ‘“‘benign” and “‘considerate’’ foreign Monarchs.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think that Congress (I) has also been faithfully following the “Divide and Rule” policy of the foreign colonialists to thwart the just aspirations of the Sikhs? Don’t you think persons like Zail Singh, Buta Singh, G. M. Shah and company would be declared as traitors like Mir Jaffar by the future historians?
Ambassador: Not In National Interest to Disclose.
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Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, there is an estimated Sixty-five thousand crores of black money operating as parallel economy in India.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: It is common knowledge that the spy scandal that rocked the corridors of power in Delhi recently was primarily concerned with cornering luerative contracts in India by foreign powers.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: How is it that almost every second multinational contract is being signed with Italian firms? Is it pure coincidence or Prime Minister’s wife, Sonia, being from Italy has something to do with the deals? Do you think good deal of black money flows to the secret accounts in Swiss Banks?
Ambassador: Not In National Interest to Disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 29, 1985
