Anti-Sikh Governor

Amritsar: The Akali Dal (Mann) opposed the move by the Centre to appoint Surendra Nath as the new governor of Punjab. The party press secretary, Jagjit Singh, said that Nath, during his tenure as advisor to the Punjab governor soon after ‘Operation Blue Star’, had been responsible for torturing hundreds of Sikh youths. A man with an anti-Sikh and anti-Punjab vision could under no circumstances be accepted as the governor. (Statesman Aug. 5).