SANGRUR: Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh on April 11 held Gurcharan Singh Tohra and Parkash Singh Badal responsible for the Operation Bluestar of 1984. He said they had misguided the Sikh youth to raise arms and the misguided youth turned the Golden Temple and the Akal ‘Takht into a fort to store the armory.
He was addressing a well-attended conference on the eve of the 128th birth anniversary of Sant Attar Singh a pious soul of the area at his native place
Beant said that a conniving person like Tohra would never be excused he was responsible for the sacrilege of Akal Takht and Golden Temple. He charged that the place of worship was turned into a place of hideout for the part our of innocent persons and where women were raped at the behest of Tohra. He called Tohra accord who did not dare to enter Golden Temple from 1984 to 12 even to pay obeisance. He is what how could the gurdwaras safely looked after in hands such a person who claims hit ‘If to be custodian of Sikhs.
Paying glowing tribute to Sant Attar Singh Beant that gurdwaras and other area of worship were safer in the hands of Such a pious soul who dedicated his life for service to the humanity. Speaking on the occasion Rajinder Kaur Bhattal state Minister for Technical Education lamented that the Sikh community who blotted due to the misrule and wrong policies of the Akalis but they never feel ashamed of their wrong doings.
She asked the Akalis to take some lessons from the devotion of Sant Attar Singh and advised them to follow his footsteps if they truly wanted to serve the Sikhs.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 15, 1994
