Bangalore: We congratulate the Sikhs and their apex religious body, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) for declaring Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale as a martyr at the Golden Temple, Amritsar, on June 6, 2003 – though this highest on our for a Sikh leader who sacrificed so much to liberate the community comes 19 years after his death.
The Sant is considered next only to Guru Govind Singh by the Sikhs though the Brahminical society (BSO) which waged the Blue Star Operation to kill him and his movement for self- determination continues to call him a traitor.
One nation’s traitor is another nation’s hero. M.K. Gandhi was called a traitor by the British, but the Hindus hailed as mahatma.
EDITOR PROVES RIGHT
Our Editor had the unique privilege of meeting this great saint about two years before his martyrdom in Delhi. The meeting was arranged by some Sikh friends to seek the Dalit support for the Sikh struggle. We offered him full support on the condition that he should avoid armed fights.
The fight against Brahminism was essentially intellectual but not physical. But the Sant disagreed and what followed was now history. The Editor proved right.
The Editor also requested the Sant to purify the Sikh religion by purging the Hindu poison injected into his religion. The Sant admitted that the Sikhs were getting hinduised and that he would fight against such forces inside simultaneously along with his war against Hindus. Here also he failed.
On the day Blue Star was launched under the leadership of two vaidik army generals and the Sant was killed, our Editor wept like a child and decided to offer a fitting tribute to the brave Sant. The result was our document, Birth Pangs of Khalistan, dedicated to Sant Bhindranwale. (Copies sold out, any offer to reprint it is welcome).
