Presented by: Prime Minister Gurmej Singh Gill, England , While preparations by the powers. that be in Indian are afoot to Celebrate August 15 as the anniversary of inheriting control over the vast human and ‘material resources of the sub-continent should serve as a Black Day— 4n Occasion for the Sikh nation to Contemplate the consequences of succumbing to the false promises of Indian National Congress and falling into the trap. Set for them by the Brahmin chauvinists,” Prime Minister Gurmej Singh Gill of Khalistan Government in exile has said.
The Sikh nation should use this ‘Occasion to rededicate itself to its Just struggle for liberation from the fascistic stranglehold of the Brahmins,” he added. He said that it was a grave blunder Of the Sikh leadership during the run Up to independence to ignore the advice by the QuaidiAzam Mohammad Ali Jinnah to demand a Sovereign Sikh state. Had we needed this advice and followed the example of the Muslims,” he added, “the Sikh identity, Culture and faith would have escaped the traumas that we have suffered— and are suffering —at the hands of the Indian rulers.” “By opting for a united India,” he further said, “the Sikh leadership of those days committed the nation to virtual slavery of the Brahmins.”
“The Sikhs did realize the blunder soon after August 15, 1947,” he continued, “which is why no Sikh ever accepted the Indian Constitution, adopted by the Brahmins by dint of bnite force of their majority in the Constituent Assembly, the realization came too late, The Brahmins had already gained control over the gigantic apparatus bequeathed by the British, and rendered the stunned Sikh leadership helpless.
“Ever since then, the Sikh efforts to induce the Indian rulers to honor, the promises on the basis of which it had joined hands with the Indian National Congress, fought its battles for freedom, made immense sacrifices, and made the independence of India possible.
“But their peaceful efforts were I neared—and the Indian rulers continued to tighten the noose, culminating in the 1984 invasion of the holiest of Sikh shrines, followed by a regime of imprisonment, torture, rape, arson and genocide of the Sikhs.
“The Sikh nation finally rose to the situation and launched the struggle to break free of the fascistic stranglehold of the Brahmins, liberate their homeland from Indian occupation, and establish the sovereign state of Khalistan.
“Power drunk by her military might and economic resources, the chauvinist majority of IndiaBal Thakray and his ilk—has already started talking of India being a ‘Hindu State.’
“is, therefore, imperative for the non-Hindu minorities of India to step
up their respective struggles for se curing their rights of self-determination,
“The Sikh nation, being in the vane guard, must shoulder the responsibility of showing the way towards coordination of these struggles”
He urged the Sikh communities ail ‘over the world to observe August 15 as a “Black Day,” bum the Indian flags and hoist the Khalistani ones, hold meetings, rallies and demonstrations, and organize other events to liason with the host communities and bring home to them the truth about the imperialistic designs of India.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 11, 1995
