Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, nearly thirty Akali members of Punjab legislature have withdrawn their support to the Chief Mi Punjab, Mr. Surjit Singh Barnala for hurting their resentments by sending troops into the Golden Temple. Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: Consequently Barnala’s government has been reduced to a minority in the House and has, thus, forfeited the right to continue in office.
Ambassador: very correct.
Journalist: what do you think the Delhi’s next move? Will it impose President’s rule or will it extend Congress (I) support to Barnala to keep him in office? Don’t you think in reality there would be no difference between President’s rules or Congress (I) supported Barnala rule?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Police on April 30, 1986 killed 11 and injured 55 Muslims protesting against the opening of their Babari Mosque as a Hindu Temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: 12 Muslims were killed in March when riots erupted following the court judgment declaring this 16th century Muslim Mosque as a Hindu Temple.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: When will other Muslim Monuments like Taj Mahal be handed over to the Hindus who claim them as Hindu Temples? What holds the Brahmin-Bania rulers of Delhi from openly acknowledging the reality of India as a Hindu theoretic country? Why don’t they proclaim that Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan is their governing principle and minorities must either submit to it or suffer extinction?
Ambassador : Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist : Mr. Ambassador, Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission appointed for the limited purpose of finding out whether the Nov. 1984 violence against the Sikhs was organized or not and not to identify the criminals responsible for the massacre, had surprisingly banned the press from attending hearings and reporting on them.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist : 12 Muslims were killed in March when riots erupted following the court judgment declaring this 16th century Mosque as a Hindu Temple Muslim.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: When will other Muslim Monuments like Taj Mahal be handed over to the Hindus who claim them as Hindu Temples? What holds the Brahmin-Bania rulers of Delhi from openly acknowledging the reality of India as a Hindu theoretic country? Why don’t they proclaim that Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan is their governing principle and minorities must either submit to it or suffer extinction?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 16, 1986
