Mr Mann Claims Bhindranwale Was Misguided Patriot

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How dare Mann term Shaheed Baba Jarnail Singh Ji as misguided. Mr Mann has no morals and is a dirty politician. His parleys with GOI officials were highlighted in an post earlier this week.

Remember when Mahatma Gandhi referred to Dhan Dhan Guru Gobind Singh Ji Mahraj as a misguided patriot. It put a big stain on Mahatmas character and eventually he was forced to backtrack.

Mann has followed in Mahatmas footsteps.

Mann fights lone battle

Vimal Sumbly

Tribune News Service

Isru (Ludhiana), August 15

Radical Sikh leader and the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal(Amritsar), Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, appears to be fighting a lone battle today.

Even dozens of posters of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other militant leaders killed during militancy in Punjab, which were displayed near the stage and the tent, did not seem to enthuse people. The presence at Mr Mann's rally was far too less as compared to previous years.

When asked how could he justify celebrating the martyrdom of Karnail Singh Isru, who laid down his life for the integration of the country (in war for the liberation of Goa) by displaying the photographs of people who stood for disintegration of India, Mr Mann claimed, ‘‘they (pointing towards the posters of Bhindranwale and others) were misguided patriots and nationalists".

Elaborating, he said, in 1947 both Hindus and Muslims got freedom as Hindus got Hindustan and Muslims got Pakistan. But, according to him, the Sikhs continue to be dominated by the Hindus as they still have to have their own nation’’.

The presence at the joint political conference of the Lok Bhalai Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) too was quite dismal. However, both Mr Balwant Singh Ramoowalia and Mr Prem Singh Chandumajra harped on the formation of a third front. They asserted that the third front was the need of the hour as the Congress and the Akali-BJP alliance had lost the confidence of people.

Left parties, including the CPI, the CPM, the Forward Bloc and the Revolutionary Socialist Party had set up a separate stage. The RSP secretary, and Rajya Sabha member, Mr Abani Roy,was the main speaker. He criticised the state and the central government for failing the expectations of people.

BSP leaders resolved to uproot out "Manuvad" from the society. They asserted that the BSP was emerging as a major force in the state. The state president, Mr Avtar Singh Karimpuri, claimed that the BSP would hold the balance of power when it comes to forming next government in the state.