Journalist Mr. Ambassador, Indian government has introduced a bill in the Parliament to ban communal parties from contesting elections.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist The ban would mean that any party that officially observes religious rituals and exploits the masses by arousing communal passions will stand debarred from the electoral processes. Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: How does Rajiv Gandhi propose to qualify his Congress which officially observes Hindu rituals and which won the last elections by exploiting communal passions?
Ambassador. Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Buta Singh made a scatting attack on Tohra and Badal during his speech at Ludhiana,
Ambassador: That’s right,
Journalist: He also blamed the Unified Akali Dal for the current problem in Punjab.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist Does it mean Center is planning to install Akali Dal government in Punjab headed either by Badal or by Tohra’s nominee?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Soviet leader Mr. Gorbachey has been awarded 1987 Indira Gandhi prize for peace by Rajiv Gand Ambassador: That’s right,
Journalist: But it was Gorbachev who attacked Afghanistan and is responsible for the continued subjugation of the Afghans through the Russian army.
Ambassador. Very correct.
Journalist ;Does it mean Indira Gandhi peace prize is given to those who indulge in unprovoked attacks in the same way as she attacked the Golden Temple?
Ambassador : Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 4, 1987
