NEW DELHI: Political parties Parliament judiciary Constitution and in an extended sense democracy as a system of governance failed the victims of the 1984 riots according to the Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR).
In a report on the “Aftermath of the 1984 Carnage in Delhi” which was released to the Press on Oct.30 the organization holds that no single aspect of the Punjab problem contributed as much to the Khalistani propaganda the world over as the failure of democratic institutions in the case of the 1984 carnage. The Sikh community as a whole may not be convinced of it.
But who can deny he seeming realities of this pathological state of affairs the report questions.
The report says that the organized massacre of Sikhs in Delhi has reduced in public memory But those whom the dead left behind continue to wait for justice.
It further states that the sickening process and its monotonous details are only matched by the cant criminality and farce of the political processes.
Citing an incident in this regard the report says that in 1984 one of the Congress leaders accused of conniving with the rampaging mobs was Dharam Das Shastri MP from Karol Bagh reserved constituency. He contested the 1984 elections and won.
But when in 1991 he was denied a ticket he promptly then “disclosed that Congress leaders planned the riots in 1984.”
At a more serious level the reports says the Congress continues to protect if not reward the accused in its ranks. One of them became a Union Minister subsequently and is presently DPCC President. In the cases against them even after recommendation by three committees the Government is procrastinating by ordering a probe by the CBI the report adds
Article extracted from this publication >> November 13, 1992
