NEW DELHI: In a direct dig at the BJP chief, L.K. Advani, Simranjit Singh Mann asked, “If and its president are concerned about the Hindu religion, why not lead a rath yatra to Mansarover (from where the holy Indus originates) and liberate it from the stranglehold of the Chinese? The Sikhs, continued Mann, shall provide protection and help to the BJP chief on his onward journey along the Indus River into Pakistan as and when he plans the rath yatra. The Akali Dal leader at the Indira Gandhi memorial. “We shall approach the Central Government to let us purchase’s part of the land that formed part of the late Prime Minister Mrs. Gandhi’s residence and build a gurdwara in memory of the two Sikh youths,” he added aid

in Delhi that his party had planned to raise a memorial in the name of Sardar Beant Singh and Sardar Satwant Singh (assassins of the late Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi), whom he called martyrs.

Article extracted from this publication >> November 23, 1990