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An old article but still very relevant even today

Sant Bhindranwale Did Nothing Wrong By Defending The Golden Temple

General S. K. Sinha (Retd.), GOC-in-C of the Western Command, Spokesman Weekly,

July 16,1984

While fighting against army hordes from June 5 to 7 last, Sikhs inside the Golden Temple Complex at Amritsar were exercising their legitimate right of self defence. This conclusion is based on the facts revealed and assessment made by Lieutenant General S. K. Sinha (Retd.), when he was GOC-in-C of the Western Command.

Said the General that when he was GOC-in-C of Western Command, he got a call around 10pm, from 'someone in Delhi' that a decision had been taken at the highest level that the army should undertake the arrest of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. Nothing was heard after the General told the caller that in matters like this he would like to hear from either the Chief of Army Staff or the Defence Minister.

"The Army action was not the 'last resort' as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi would have us believe, decided upon toward May-end (1984). It had been in her mind for more than 18 months".

This was toward 1981 end when Darbara Singh was Chief Minister i.e. nearly 30 months before the Army actually struck at Arnritsar.

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Again, toward May end this year, CRPF and BSF units deliberately fired 10,000 bullets per day on the temple area for more than a week in order to find out from the return firing, as has been officially admitted now, where the terrorist fortifications were located and what kind of equipment they had. This was given a deliberate design to escalate the conflict.

No Sikh worth his salt could allow easy entry into the Golden Temple area to any armed force. It is his sacred duty to smash the enemy's teeth and sacrifice his life while fighting.

This is what Sant Bhindranwale and his men did. In the best tradition of Sikh warriors, they fought to the last bullet and their last breath.

For the same reason, hundreds of men, women and children, who had come to the Golden Temple as pilgrims, decided to lay down their lives when they saw the army invading the holy area.

Before this open clash of arms, there were hardly five per cent Sikhs who supported Sant Bhindranwale's actions or utterances. But now the Government has made him a hero in the Sikhs' eyes. Now everyone, including his previous detractors, hail him as a martyr of the same genre as Baba Deep Singh who had fought against Ahmed Shah Abdali's

marauders.

Sant Bhindranwale's previous acts of commission and omission stand washed white by his making the supreme sacrifice of life for a noble cause. The present Government shall live to rue the day of June 5, 1984.

http://shaheed-khalsa.com/defending.html

Some of the views mentioned in article posted above ( published in The Spokesman Weekly, dated July 16, 1984), are reconfirmed in this interview done sometime in November 2012.

(The interview is in English)

Interviw is posted in two parts on You-tube in two parts

Part 1.

Part 2

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Budha dal is not a bad jatha.Baba Santa Singh had his own view but I know many budha dal nihangs who supported sant Ji.

I don't care what other people might think but I still respect baba Santa Singh.Baba Thakur Singh said he was going to sachkhand if I'm not mistaken.

Ask jathedar baba joginder Singh or jathedar baba surjeet Singh if the respect sant Ji.

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Budha dal is not a bad jatha.Baba Santa Singh had his own view but I know many budha dal nihangs who supported sant Ji.

I don't care what other people might think but I still respect baba Santa Singh.Baba Thakur Singh said he was going to sachkhand if I'm not mistaken.Ask jathedar baba joginder Singh or jathedar baba surjeet Singh if the respect sant Ji.

Santu was the biggest traitor.

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Santa was the only person from Sikh background that supported Indira after Bluestar. How can somebody support somebody who did a massacre , destroyed the Akal Takht and many Gurdwaras, burnt the Gurus scriptures? He continued to support her when Operation Woodrose was on, even India supporter Mark Tully called Santa a man of massive girth and little intelligence. Santa was a big traitor and left a bad stain on the Buddha Dal which was previously known to defend the Sikhs, Sikh Nation and Gurdwaras.

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