NEW DELHI: The Punjab police chief K.P.S.Gill whose ambition is to become governor of a state was frustrated by the Indian government has now started talking in a different tone. A solution to the Punjab problem could not be found by the police alone, he says and adds that it is “unfortunate” that vision to find a political solution is lacking in the state. Addressing businessmen here early this week, Gill has said that transferring Chandigarh to Punjab or building S.Y.L. canal cannot offer a “lasting solution” to the Punjab problem. “The police system with absolute powers works as an antibiotic while the problem of the magnitude of Punjab needs a vision, my fear is that vision is lacking.” Gillin response to question has denied he wants to join politics. According to Gill, the militancy in Punjab spread by the Bhindranwale philosophy which centered round a message that Sikhs were being exploited by Hindus. The Sikh youths bought this theory as they were frustrated with the existing educational system. This sort of violence could not be sustained unless a majority of people believed in it, he said. Asked what he planned to do after his retirement, Gill said he would build up an institute which would act as a think tank for finding solutions to problems confronting “the nation.”
Article extracted from this publication >> October 15, 1993
