Badal Dal Wants Ban The Book “punjabio Marna Hai Ke Jina”

[Singh, Mahan]

Writer books himself for trouble

Varinder Walia

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 2

The Punjab government is in a fix as Kiranjot Kaur, a senior SGPC member, has sought a ban on the book of noted Punjabi writer Jaswant Singh Kanwal, “Punjabio Marna Hai Ke Jina,” for using “highly objectionable” language against Panth Rattan Master Tara Singh and the Akali Dal.

Kiranjot is also a member of the 32-member advisory committee of the Punjab Language Department that cleared the name of Kanwal for the Punjabi Sahit Rattan Award, a prestigious award of the state government. Kiranjot said the state government should withdraw this award from Kanwal for blaming the Akalis and the Shiromani Akali Dal for the perennial problems of Punjab and Punjabis.

On why she had not opposed name of Kanwal at the advisory committee meeting, she quipped she had not read the book of Kanwal by that time. “Moreover, I wanted this award for writer Kartar Singh Duggal, but nobody supported me because the committee is dominated by Left-leaning members ”.

She, however, said the question should be asked from Dr Upinderjit Kaur, minister, higher education and chairperson of the committee, why she wanted Kanwal to get this award ? She said the minister herself held Master Tara Singh in high esteem and this “blunder” should be rectified by withdrawing the award from Kanwal .

In “Punjabio Jina Hai Ke Marna,” Kanwal has accused Master Tara Singh of sabotaging talks with Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, who was ready to help Sikhs by creating a buffer state for the community between India and Pakistan. He alleged that the entire family of Hira Singh was got wiped out at the behest of Master Tara Singh .

In the beginning of the book, Kanwal wrote there was hardly any Akali leader who could think about the future of the Sikh community, while there were many (Akalis) who removed the turbans of one another. He wrote he was an employee of the SGPC and drew a salary of Rs 90 per month and knew the actual character of this party from close quarters. In the book, Kanwal called upon the youth of Punjab to grab political power from the “blood-soaked hands” of the Congress and the “senseless Akalis” if they wanted to save Punjab.

Kanwal also accused the Shiromani Akali Dal of having truck with the RSS and the BJP. Kanwal also accused the Akalis of violating the tenets of Sikh Gurus for vested interests and called upon them to snap ties with the BJP.

Quoting former Chief Minister Gurnam Singh Grewal, Kanwal said he once had told Sant Fateh Singh that the members of the Akali executive were on the pay roll of “Intelligence Bureau”. In another chapter of the book, Kanwal wrote the Akalis should be compelled to board the “broken ship” and then thrown into the middle of the Indian Ocean one by one as food of fish.

[mann_kaum_layee_qurbaan]

don't people know that truth is banned in Punjab and India in general.

if you lie, cheat, murder, rape, etc etc your parwaan. if you speak the truth, god save you....

bharat mata ki jai! badal sarkar ki, jai!

peace.

[sikh in melbourne]

bas ah he reh gya c.....shame on you...badal