Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Indian government is putting up a 75 mile long barbed wire fence at the Indo Pak border in Punjab to check the alleged flow of arms from across the border.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: It has also dug up ditches after every one kilometer and deployed large number of paramilitary troops at each ditch to completely seal the border.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: What steps does the government propose to take to check the sale of sophisticated weapons to the Sikh freedom fighters by the Indian Armed Forces personnel or by Rajiv’s favorite gun dealers like Win Chadha?
Ambassador. Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist Mr. Ambassador, the election commission has turned down the plea for not holding elections to the Allahabad Parliamentary seat vacated by Amitabh Bachchan along with the by elections to 18 other seats in May.
Ambassador. That’s right.
Journalist: Mr. V.P. Singh had declared that he would contest from Allahabad if Amitabh was put up by the Congress (I) as its candidate.
Ambassador. Very correct.
Journalist; Do you think Rajiv Gandhi will risk fielding Amitabh against V.P. Singh?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, arguing before the Supreme Court of India the Defense Counsel, Mr. R.S. Sodhi said that Satwant Singh had been made a convenient scapegoat enlarger conspiracy to kill Indira Gandhi for tangible gains.
Ambassador. That’s right.
Journalist: He also submitted that the trial court had denied Satwant Singh the opportunity to build up his defense.
Ambassador. Very correct.
Journalist: Do you think the Counsel was referring to the popular belief about the “Palace Conspiracy” behind Indira Gandhi murder involving her son Rajiv Gandhi?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 29, 1988
