Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Sikhs living in Delhi and other towns outside Punjab have generally dissociated themselves from the Sikh freedom fighters.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: Yet the Hindu rulers and the Central Reserve Police Force made Delhi Sikhs targets of their attack in retaliation to the bus Killings in Punjab.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Does it not prove that it is the separate Sikh identity that bothers the Hindus and not anything else?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr, Ambassador, according to newspaper reports eight thousand Hindus attacked the Gurdwara Sisganj in Chandni Chowk Delhi and heavily stoned the holy shrine,
Ambassador; That’s right.
Journalist: Gurdwara Sisganj commemorates the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur who sacrificed his life to save Hindu religion.
Ambassador; Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think the attack on the Sisganj Gurdwara brings out in unmistakable terms the inherent ingratitude that marks Hindu character?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist Mr. Ambassador, complete strike was observed in Assam in protest against the no implementation of the accord.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: It is believed that Assam government was itself behind the strike as it wanted to create requisite pressure on the Centre to make it honor the accord.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: What guarantee is there that the Indian government ‘would honour its agreement with foreign countries when its record at home is so miserably poor? Don’t you thank Rajiv signed the Punjab and Assam accords not to implement them but merely to postpone the issues?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 12, 1986
