CHANDIGARH: Akali Dal (Mann) has described as India’s conspiracy to drive a wedge between Sikhs and Pak Muslims when government agents fired upon Samjhauta Express train to kill a Muslim woman and injured several others. The Dal general secretary Sucha Singh Chhotepur called the killed Muslim woman as a martyr.

The Dal spokesman said that India could not divide the people of Pakistan and Sikhs He appealed to militants to strongly condemn the Indian government’s inhuman actions of killing innocent train travellers

The Dal also deplored Defence Minister Shard Pawar’s statements about Pakistan’s alleged role in organizing militants while they tried to sneak into India after getting training. Actually the Dal leader said India was inventing excuses to attack Pakistan and kill thousands of Sikh youths in once go. The Sikhs would not allow such tactics to succeed he said.

Article extracted from this publication >> September 20, 1991