SACRAMENTO: The President of the World Sikh Organisation S Gurcharan Singh Dhillon said the death of any human being was sad.
He added that the state of affairs created by the rulers themselves was to blame for this assassination. The extrajudicial powers given to the police and other agencies to spread state terrorism and to silence all dissent had become too much for the rulers to handle.
NEW DELHI; President R Venkalarman condemned the killing of Rajiv Gandhi as a “barbaric and heinous” act and said words cannot adequately express his grief
“This savage act should lead us all to resolve to fight the cult of violence in our public life” he said.
Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar cut short his election tour to Orissa and air-dashed to Delhi in a special IAF plane at midnight on hearing the news.
Expressing shock at the incident deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal described the incident as “unfortunate” and said the country should be saved from the violence.
BJP leader L K Advani said “the news is shocking beyond words No words are too strong to condemn the dastardly act”
The Congress-I said the killing appeared to be a “deep rooted conspiracy of anti-national forces.”
Expressing shock over the death of Gandhi a party spokesman said this was the “greatest tragedy of modem India.”
He said party leaders are assessing the situation following the death of Gandhi and appealed to
Article extracted from this publication >> May 24, 1991
