Journalist Mr. Ambassador, the Jesuit Missionary expelled from India has charged that he is the victim of “anti Christian bigotry and a plot by secret police”.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: He also charged that harassment of foreign missionaries was commonplace in India, Because ‘Hindus can’t stand that any other religion has any say in India”, he said.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: How come Hindus are so intolerant towards other religions? Do they suffer from some kind of inferiority complex? ‘What prevents them from declaring India as a Hindu State? Why are they hanging on to the hypocrisy of secularism.
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, according to eyewitness accounts, Gen, Vaidya’s killers were speaking Marathi. While escaping they shouted to cyclists to get aside in chaste Marathi,
Ambassador. That’s right.
Journalist: They also discarded the motorcycle in the heart of the town, which proves that they were quite familiar with the city streets and roads.
Ambassador. Very correct.
Journalist: How come police sources blame Sikhs for his murder and point their accusing finger to Harjinder Singh and Sukhminder
Singh who neither speak Marathi nor know the streets of Pune so well?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Punjab Chief Minister has reportedly offered to resign both from his position in the government and the Akali party if his resignation can help bring unity in the Akali party.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: Dissidents have on the other hand accused him for conniving with the Centre in eliminating Sikh young men. They have, in fact, demanded Barnala’s resignation for being a party to the killing of fifteen unarmed Sikhs at the Pakistan border.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: What holds Barnala from resigning, knowing that he alone is responsible for the division in the Akali ranks? Is he afraid of Rajiv or does he fear reprisals for his anti Panthic deeds?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >>September 5, 1986
