Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, the Maharashtra Chief Minister had stated that “serious action” would be taken if the Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray insisted on his boycott call against the Sikhs.
Ambassador: That’s right. Journalist: Reacting to the warning, Mr. BAL Thackeray
Mockingly said, what can Mr. Chavan do to stop the boycott when as Home Minister of India he could not stop the massacre of Sikhs in Delhi in 1984.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think by his anti-Sikh activities, Mr. Thackeray is only following in the footsteps of H.K.L. Bhagat and Jagdish Tytler in order to ensure a position in Rajiv Gandhi’s Cabinet?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, the Indian Home Minister, Mr. Buta Singh has charged Pakistan of supporting the Sikh freedom fighters.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: He said that the freedom fighters were being trained at seven different centers in Pakistan and Pakistan government was helping them in buying sophisticated arms.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think these charges are being made to prepare the ground for attacking Pakistan?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, according to a senior official in Delhi, Indian government had struck a deal with the LTTE leader, Mr. Prabhakaran to secure his consent for the Sri Lanka accord.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: The deal stipulated a down payment of two billion rupees followed by regular installments of rupees fifty lakhs each by the Indian government to Mr. Prabhakaran.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think receiving bribes and giving bribes has become an official policy of the Rajiv Gandhi’s government? How long will the Indian masses tolerate this gangster government?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 22, 1988
