Amritsar, Punjab (August 27, 2013):
Dal
Khalsa took a dig at Centre for releasing postal stamp of Punjab’s late
Chief Minister Beant Singh terming the Congress leader as ‘murderer’ of
Sikh youth.
Party spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh in a
statement took exception over the Centre’s decision to release the
postal stamp of Beant Singh, as a mark of tribute to him on his 18th
death anniversary. He said the centre’s move tantamount to rubbing salt
on the simmering wounds of the Sikh people. He claimed that Beant Singh
was wrongly credited with uprooting militancy and added that rather he
was discredited with the killings of large numbers of youth both
connected and unconnected with Khalistan movement.
“The Sikhs at large considered him as
violator of Sikh human rights as it was during his regime that killings
of youth in fake-encounters was order of the day”, Kanwarpal pointed
out. He also urged the SGPC and DSGMC to lodge their protest with Centre
for releasing the postal stamp of Beant Singh an “authoritarian ruler”
whose regime was “illegal” and who even targeted agitating Akalis in a
ruthless and cruel manner.
He said the Sikhs revered Bhai Dilavar
Singh Jaisinghvala– a human bomb that killed Beant Singh on 31st August 1995, as
their “quami hero”. We, the Sikhs would be performing Ardas in memory of
Dilawar Singh at Akal Takht commemorating his 18th martyrdom day as
“the Jathedar Akal Takht on March 23 last year has declared Dilavar
Singh Jaisinghvala, a “quami martyr” and death row convict Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana
a “living martyr”, both assassins of Beant Singh. He called upon the
Sikhs to reach Akal Takht on 31st August to pay glowing tributes to
Dilawar Singh.