About 50% of those killed in Punjab by the so-called militants are Dalits. Shocking, but true. DV keeps on talking of forging Dalit-Sikh unity. Facts speak for themselves –
1. Daily Ajit: Aug. 3, 1991: Makhan Singh Mahjabi (Dalit) of village Ritual in Khadir Sahib area killed. 2. Ajit: Aug. 3, 91: Gurpreet Singh, son of Malkiat Singh, BSP. candidate for Rai Kota Assembly seat, killed. 3. Ajit: Aug. 8, 91: Malkiat Singh BSP. candidate of Rai Kota, missing. 4. Ajit: Aug. 12, 91: Bhajan Singh Mahjabi, Dalit, killed by throttling. 5. The house of Malkiat Singh BSP candidate of Rai Kota, fired upon third time, says Ajit Aug. 18, 91). 6. Jangir Singh and Puran Singh of village Maharaj shot dead in Bathinda district, say (Ajit Aug. 22, 91).
Most of the persons killed, calling them police- informers, are Dalits because they are refusing to change their religion to Sikhism. Almost all women killed, by describing them as those with loose character, are Dalits. Most of the S.P.Os. killed are Dalits. All labourers working in liquor shops and killed are Dalits. Half of the CRP/BSF persons killed are Dalits as these persons do not have any other source of livelihood. Dalit Voice has been consistently supporting the Sikh struggle for human rights. Why then the Sikh militants kill Dalits? The Editor of DV must warn the militants and if they fail, the DV must revise its stand.
