Little lower than a month after handing down a shock defeat to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) within the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypolls, hardliner Simranjit Singh Mann is again along with his vitriolic statements which have set the political panorama of the state on hearth.
Put up his Sangrur win, he invoked terrorist Jarnail Singh Bindranwale as a “chief who labored for the Sikh group”.
Now, the 77-year-old politician has termed freedom fighter Bhagat Singh a “terrorist”, stirring up sturdy reactions in Punjab.
Throughout his interplay with the media in Karnal, Mann, when requested about his earlier assertion calling Bhagat Singh a “terrorist”, stated, “Bhagat Singh had killed a younger, English naval officer, he had killed an Amritdhari Sikh constable, Channan Singh. He hurled a bomb on the Nationwide Meeting on the time. Now you inform me whether or not Bhagat Singh was a terrorist or not?”
The assertion has generated widespread condemnation, however essentially the most strident of reactions have come from the AAP that ceded its bastion Sangrur to the IPS-officer-turned Khalistan-sympathising politician. Up to now 48 hours, the occasion has unleashed two of its frontline leaders Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Malvinder Kang to take Simranjit Singh Mann head-on over his assertion.
Hayer, whereas flaying Mann’s remarks, claimed that Bhagat Singh can be declared a martyr for his nice sacrifice for the reason for the nation’s freedom. On Sunday, Kang went a step forward, stating the Sangrur MP was making an attempt to cowl up the “hurtful” act of his grandfather.
Quoting some historic reviews, Kang stated Mann’s maternal grandfather Arur Singh, then sarbarah (in-charge) of the Golden Temple, honoured Basic Reginald Dyer with a “siropa” at Akal Takht after the Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath in 1919.
Sarcastically, the Sangrur MP has defended his grandfather. He informed the Tribune that his grandfather honoured Basic Dyer to pacify his anger because the British wished to conduct aerial bombing in Amritsar. “He did it to save lots of the Golden Temple from bombing on the recommendation of then principal of Khalsa School GA Wathen,” he informed the newspaper.
The AAP has trashed these claims. Kang stated that Mann was justifying the act of his grandfather with doubtful claims. “Arur Singh confronted a revolt from Sikhs of Punjab as he was seen as a pro-British Sikh, after the ceremony on the Golden Temple. Mann mustn’t try to whitewash his household’s doubtful previous and may as a substitute apologise for hurting the emotions of the individuals. As a result of Punjabis know the reality and can’t be misled,” fumed Kang.
Terming the immortal Martyr as a terrorist is a shameful act undermining the supreme sacrifices made for the liberty of the nation.Its fairly shocking neither @SukhpalKhaira Or @Partap_Sbajwa are but appalled or deeply perturbed over the derogatory abuse . pic.twitter.com/CRJtygesQu
— Malvinder Singh Kang (@KangMalvinder) July 15, 2022
Even historic details appear towards Mann on this. In his e-book ‘The Akali Motion’, Prof Mohinder Singh has put ahead the dialog between Arur Singh and Basic Dyer intimately.
“Whereas the nation was busy condemning the Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath and was engulfed in a wave of shock, horror and consternation, Arur Singh invited Basic Dyer to the Golden Temple and honoured him with a ‘siropa’, declaring him a ‘Sikh’,” Prof Singh wrote.
Observers say that after Mann’s shock win, there was an try by hardliners just like the MP to challenge Bhagat Singh in poor mild and glorify terrorists like Bhindranwale for consolidating political positive aspects accrued from a piece of hardline supporters within the Malwa area.
“There is no such thing as a larger hero than Bhagat Singh. All these makes an attempt will fail finally,” commented a politician from Malwa.
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