LUDHIANA: A pro-BJP atmosphere on social media and some party leaders since the start of farmers’ protest against the Centre’s three controversial agriculture laws last year has suggested that Punjab farmers were separatists with Khalistani leanings and the same narrative has been used later. was done in. In Lakhimpur Kheri, some protesters were seen wearing T-shirts with Bhindranwale’s picture in the video clip.
However, two decades ago the then Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief, late K.C. Sudarshan Engaged only with Damdami Taksal, Sikh Madrasa once led by Bhindranwale, but also visited its headquarters and met his successor among others Mint leaders. Sudarshan was accompanied by senior BJP leader AR Kohli, who later became the governor of Mizoram and Punjab. RSS leaders.
“It was either in late 2000 or early 2001 when Sudarshan visited the mint headquarters at Chowk Mehta and held a meeting with the then mint chief Baba Thakar Singh and others. sikh saint and Taksal leaders,” former Akal Takht Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode, a nephew of Bhindranwale, told TOI.
Recalling the details of the then RSS chief’s visit, he said, “When he entered the Taksal headquarters, he showed great reverence to Baba Thakar Singh and later also he took revenge. The meeting took place in a hall in which Sant Bhindranwale was held. There was a life-size picture. The RSS chief’s opening remark was that he was deeply saddened by the Congress government’s action on the Darbar Sahib by the Army and called it a disaster. Baba Sarabjot Singh Bedik, who was then the head of Gurmat Siddhant Pracharak Sant Samaj and was very active, was also present in the meeting as one of the main artists. “Sudarshan expressed his reverence for Baba Thakar Singh and after initial exchanges, he asked us what should be done to reduce the bitterness between Hindus and Sikhs as he learned about the history, traditions and bonds between the two communities. Attention also. We told them about the situation, and highlighted that there were opposite perceptions. We underlined that at the outset they should do at least two things – one to declare that they have recognized the independent religious identity of Sikhs and the other to release all Sikh prisoners who were involved in Operation Bluestar and November He was in jail for the subsequent incidents. 1984 Sikh massacre. The meeting went on till late in the night and it was in a cordial atmosphere and Sudarshan spoke positively on both the issues.
Baba Bedi revealed, “However, a prominent Sikh political leader started accusing us of having links with the RSS, and propaganda was carried out against us in which others also took part and I withdrew from further talks. ” Rode said that Sudarshan had said at that time that the central government would send a list of Sikh prisoners after taking their information. “Initially there was some progress on the issue soon after meeting Sudarshan, but then things did not move forward,” he said. Bhai Mohkam Singh, the then Taksal spokesperson, who worked closely with Bhindranwale till Operation Bluestar and who was also present in the meeting with Sudarshan, endorsed the details shared by Baba Bedi and Rode.
When contacted, former Mizoram Governor AR Kohli confirmed that Punjab RSS leaders were also with Sudarshan and him as the RSS wanted to end the bitterness between Sikhs and Hindus.
However, two decades ago the then Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief, late K.C. Sudarshan Engaged only with Damdami Taksal, Sikh Madrasa once led by Bhindranwale, but also visited its headquarters and met his successor among others Mint leaders. Sudarshan was accompanied by senior BJP leader AR Kohli, who later became the governor of Mizoram and Punjab. RSS leaders.
“It was either in late 2000 or early 2001 when Sudarshan visited the mint headquarters at Chowk Mehta and held a meeting with the then mint chief Baba Thakar Singh and others. sikh saint and Taksal leaders,” former Akal Takht Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode, a nephew of Bhindranwale, told TOI.
Recalling the details of the then RSS chief’s visit, he said, “When he entered the Taksal headquarters, he showed great reverence to Baba Thakar Singh and later also he took revenge. The meeting took place in a hall in which Sant Bhindranwale was held. There was a life-size picture. The RSS chief’s opening remark was that he was deeply saddened by the Congress government’s action on the Darbar Sahib by the Army and called it a disaster. Baba Sarabjot Singh Bedik, who was then the head of Gurmat Siddhant Pracharak Sant Samaj and was very active, was also present in the meeting as one of the main artists. “Sudarshan expressed his reverence for Baba Thakar Singh and after initial exchanges, he asked us what should be done to reduce the bitterness between Hindus and Sikhs as he learned about the history, traditions and bonds between the two communities. Attention also. We told them about the situation, and highlighted that there were opposite perceptions. We underlined that at the outset they should do at least two things – one to declare that they have recognized the independent religious identity of Sikhs and the other to release all Sikh prisoners who were involved in Operation Bluestar and November He was in jail for the subsequent incidents. 1984 Sikh massacre. The meeting went on till late in the night and it was in a cordial atmosphere and Sudarshan spoke positively on both the issues.
Baba Bedi revealed, “However, a prominent Sikh political leader started accusing us of having links with the RSS, and propaganda was carried out against us in which others also took part and I withdrew from further talks. ” Rode said that Sudarshan had said at that time that the central government would send a list of Sikh prisoners after taking their information. “Initially there was some progress on the issue soon after meeting Sudarshan, but then things did not move forward,” he said. Bhai Mohkam Singh, the then Taksal spokesperson, who worked closely with Bhindranwale till Operation Bluestar and who was also present in the meeting with Sudarshan, endorsed the details shared by Baba Bedi and Rode.
When contacted, former Mizoram Governor AR Kohli confirmed that Punjab RSS leaders were also with Sudarshan and him as the RSS wanted to end the bitterness between Sikhs and Hindus.
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