Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Indian journals and newspapers almost regularly feature stories covering the woes and privations suffered by the families of those killed by unidentified gunmen. Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: They reproduce pictures of weeping widows, mothers or orphaned children to bring out the pathetic poignancy of the tragedy in their lives.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist. How it is no word is ever written about the woes and privations of the families of those killed in fake police encounters? Does it mean tears of Sikh mothers, widows and children have no value in India? Don’t you think such double standards only serve to escalate violence?
Ambassador; Not in national interest to disclose.
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Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, at the August 4 meeting of Sikh leaders summoned by Akal Takht Chief, the resolution to dilute the Sikh demand for independence and instead seek only autonomy within the Indian Constitution was cleverly maneuvered.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Jouranlist: The move reportedly came from a section that is impatient to start a dialogue with Delhi in order to form another Barnala type Ministry in Punjab.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think the resolution was sponsored at the behest of Delhi which is now belatedly trying to arrest the growing momentum for Khalistan?
Ambassador; Not in national interest to disclose.
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Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Punjab Police Chief, Mr. J.F. Ribeiro has contradicted press reports that he was abandoning his policy of “bullet for bullet”. Ambassador: That’s right. Journalist: He reiterated his resolve to kill two Sikhs for one policeman killed. Ambassador: Very correct. Journalist: How is it no High Court Judge has issued his warrants for threatening to kill and for taking law in his own hands? Does it not show the utter bankruptcy of the judiciary in India? Ambassador; Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 14, 1987
