Bhai Shamsher Singh Tala, member of the Amritsar Executive Committee of Akali Dal “Waris Punjab De”, has reacted to the life imprisonment of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court in another case of 1984 Sikh genocide. He said that this is a small step towards justice, but the family members, mothers, siblings and sons and daughters of the innocent Sikhs who were burnt alive in 1984 will get justice only when the mastermind culprits like Sajjan Kumar are given the death penalty. He told the Delhi government and central agencies that instead of life imprisonment, an appeal should be filed in the high court for the death penalty. The Sikh massacre was not an ordinary riot, it was a planned genocide, in which the Congress government gave shelter and support to the goons who put the tilak of death on the heads of the Sikhs and burnt them alive. Shamsher Singh Talaat said that Sajjan Kumar was already serving life imprisonment in the case of murder of 5 Sikhs and desecration of Gurdwara Sahib. Now he has also been convicted in the case of burning alive of Jaswant Singh and Tarundeep Singh. This shows his direct involvement in the conspiracy of Sikh genocide. From 1984 till date, Congress made every possible effort to save the real culprits of Sikh massacre.
Congress leaders like Jagdish Tytler, Kamal Nath, H.K.L. Bhagat, Sajjan Kumar continued to enjoy government posts and power for a long time despite being accused of massacre. He also surrounded the Delhi Police and the Kejriwal government and said that many cases of 1984, in which Sikh murderers were acquitted, were not challenged in the High Court or the Supreme Court. Only formal petitions were filed, but the cases were not fought seriously. This is a miscarriage of justice with the victims of the Sikh massacre, which we will never accept. Shamsher Singh Tantra said that the massacre of 1984 cannot be forgotten. In November 1984, more than 7000 innocent Sikhs were killed in Delhi and 18 other states, who were dragged from their homes and set on fire alive. He said that “We have been fighting for justice for 40 years, but we are neither tired nor have we bowed down.” And we will not bow down either. He said that the Delhi government should immediately appeal to the High Court to get the death penalty for Sajjan Kumar. The fight of the Sikhs will continue until full justice is done against the culprits in other 1984 cases. He also said that the 1984 massacre should be considered as “genocide” and the parties that stood in the favor of such culprits should be held accountable.
