All accounts of the holocaust agree that it is the result of a deep-rooted conspiracy.
(Perhaps the enquiry to be con ducted by High Court judge will examine the matter the threadbare) Circumstantial evidence which can form the basis of final conclusion is as follows:
- Congress (I) was the biggest beneficiary of arousing anti Sikh feelings at the time of last elections. It has been widely alleged that ever since it has kept the cauldron boiling with an eye on the next elections.
- Elections are now in the air and position of that party is much worse, particularly as against the united Opposition parties.
- Congress (I) has tried to “politicize” the Bidar issue. It allowed its workers to demonstrate at a venue at which members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly were not permitted to protest.
- Congress (I) at the center has been actively encouraging formation of underground police hit squads to aggravate the Punjab and the Sikh problem.
- Much against the wishes of the State Chief Ministers, Congress (I) stalwarts have been directly contacting District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police, to cultivate them with a view to using them against the interests of the States concerned and the local administration.
- Grave allegations have been made in the Press. “They alleged that the mob fury was the Congress (I) and RSS elements” (Indian Express September 24, 1988 p. 7). Editorial comments also point an accusing finger at the Congress (I), “all must Also watch the use of which Rajiv Gandhi and his party are putting death and killings in Karnataka” Express, Septembzr 30, 1983).
- Sanjay Singh’s allegations of a murder being committed at the instance of Congress (I) big wigs in order to implicate him is all too fresh to need repetition.
- The State government of Karnataka has tried to defuse the crisis and has nothing to gain from it. It appears that S.P. and Deputy Superintendent of Police symbolise the attitude of Congress (I) while the Deputy Inspector General of Police, that of the Karnataka government to a very large extent including its incompetence and lack of control of the situation.
The circumstantial evidence points an accusing finger only in one direction. The guilty ones of Bidar in 1988 appear to be the same as the guilty ones of November 1984. The aim is also the same that is to pass off as Ultra-Hindus and to sweep the coming elections by again arousing chauvinistic Hindu sentiment.
It will do the country’s unity and integrity a lot of good to keep in mind that Bidar may be repeated in all non-Congress (I) ruled States of the Union. All must remain vigilant lest traitors and criminals masquerading as political leaders succeed in their diabolical design of destroying inter-community relations.
