Dal Khalsa has given a call for Amritsar bandh on June 6 to protest
against thedestruction of the Akal Takht during Operation Bluestar,the 1984 Sikh Genocide
This Amritsar bandh decision came at a meeting of the Dal Khalsa held
here on Sunday. Announcing the decision, party’s spokesperson Kanwarpal
Singh said the bandh was also being called to merit the attention of
the government and the public to the valuable hand-written manuscripts
and artefacts that went missing from the Sikh Reference Library of the
Golden Temple during the army action of 1984.
On June 5, the Dal Khalsa along with activists of its youth wing the
Sikh Youth of Punjab (SYP) will hold a “remembrance march” in Amritsar
in memory of those who were killed in the army operation.
Taking a jibe at the statement of Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh
Badal in which he assured people to urge the Centre to return the
valuable manuscripts and artefacts taken from the Sikh Reference
Library, the Dal Khalsa leader asked the chief minister not to mislead
the Sikhs by giving such statements.
“Your (CM) party was a part of the NDA government under Atal Bihari
Vajpayee and you did nothing to bring these priceless items back to the
Golden Temple. Now again you have stepped up your rhetoric on the
subject — stop misleading the Sikhs,” Kanwarpal added.
He said the status of Badal was just of a facilitator for the BJP-RSS
and he possibly could not secure justice for the Sikhs from the
Narendra Modi government.
