Journalist Mr. Ambassador, today panic and fear stalk the streets of Delhi and the city grows grey and lifeless as the shades of night begin to engulf it.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: All because Indian media cannot shed its habit of exaggerating the generally unfounded stories regarding extension of Punjab violence to Delhi.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think in their anxiety to discredit Sikhs, the media and the governments are reducing Delhites to psychological ‘wrecks? Isn’t it a logical rebribution of their own sins? Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament, Mr, Asoka Somaratne has resigned his seat in the Parliament in protest against Indian Army’s occupation of Sri Lankan territory. Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: Resentment against the accord forced by India upon Sri Lanka earlier came in the form of attack on Rajiv Gandhi by a Guard of Honor soldier and in bomb attack on President Jayewardene. Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Doesn’t it show the Sinhalese majority has seen through the Indian game of conquering Sri Lanka under the pretext of creating peace there? Do you think they will now permit the implementation of the forced accord?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Sikh Head Priests have convened a Panthic Conference on the occasion of Diwali on October 22, 1987, where important decisions are expected to be made.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist But it has been reliably learnt that the Indian government will not permit holding of the conference and curfew is likely to be clamped in Amritsar to prevent Sikhs from entering Amritsar, Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: What other course should the Sikhs adopt to fight the fascist despotism where they are not allowed to hold even peaceful conferences?
Ambassador, Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 2, 1987
