Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Rajiv Gandhi has expelled three Party slawarts like Arun Nehru, Vidya Charan Shukla and Arif Mohammad Khan from the Congress (I) for antiparty activities.
Ambassador: That’s right. Journalist: Protesting against their expulsion, the former Defense
Minister, Mr. V.P. Singh has offered in a strongly worded letter to Rajiv, to resign from both the Parliament and the Party membership. Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: What kind of democracy is there in India where criticizing Rajiv amounts to committing antinational and seditious act? Does it not show Rajiv’s nervousness at the growing popularity of V.P. Singh?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
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Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Mr. Junejo has blamed India for the latest bomb explosions in Karachi in which nearly 70 persons were killed and over 300 injured.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: On the other hand, Delhi specializes in blaming Pakistan for every trouble in India.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist Why can’t the two countries attend to the real causes of the troubles in their respective countries rather than indulging in such recriminatory exercises?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
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Journalist! Mr. Ambassador, Hindus in Canada are reportedly demanding that the Sikh refugees who have landed in Nova Scotia be sent back.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: Canadian Hindus seem to have forgotten that they are living in a truly democratic country in which they constitute just a microscopic minority.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: How can Sikhs live with honor and dignity in India when Hindus all over the world nurse such deep hatred for them? Ambassador; Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> July 24, 1987
