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Punjab Congress knocks at Shinde's door on
militancy
Friday October 05, 2012 07:57:19 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Following an
assassination attempt in London on Lt.Gen. (retd) K.S.Brar for the
1984 Operation Bluestar, the Congress party's Punjab unit Friday
knocked at the door of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on the
"situation" prevailing in the once militancy-hit state.
Sunil Jakhar, Congress legislature party (CLP) leader in Punjab
assembly, met Shinde at the home ministry at North Block here
earlier in the day and apprised him of the situation in the state.
In a memorandum, Jakhar talked of militant elements in the state
rearing their heads again "following the present Shiromani Akali
Dal (SAD) government returning to power earlier this year."
Jakhar told IANS by phone that he also informed the union home
minister that the SAD government in the state was withdrawing or
downgrading security cover for all those who were facing a threat
from militants in the state.
"The minister assured us that he will speak to the union home
secretary on the issue," he added.
Suspected Khalistani activitists attacked Lt. Gen.(retd) Kuldip
Singh Brar in London earlier last weekend. Brar had led a military
force that stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984 under
Operation Bluestar that was carried out to flush out militants
holed up in the holiest of the Sikh shrines.
Brar suffered knife wounds and was hospitalised. He returned to
India a couple of days ago, amidst the review of his security
cover by the union government and the army, which guards him.
Jakhar said his party would now launch a massive protest against
the SAD government for going soft on the militant elements in the
state. This, he claimed, were acting as an encouragement to the
separatist forces to revive their movement.
The state Congress move comes at a time when the union home
ministry has decided to send a team to Punjab to check out on the
construction of a memorial for those militants who died in
Operation Bluestar inside the Golden Temple complex.
The home ministry's decision comes in the wake of senior officers
in the intelligence and security apparatuses of the country
expressing serious apprehensions about the impact and influence
such a memorial for militants inside the Sikh shrine would have on
the community's psyche.
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