Jalandhar: Pro-BJP Ecosystems on Social Media and several party leaders have since the beginning of the farmers’ protest against the three controversial agricultural laws last year shows that Punjab farmers are the winners with the same Khalistan fluid and narrative used after some protesters in Lakhimpur Kheri seen in a video clip wearing a shirt with a bhindranwale portrait.
However, two decades ago Rashtriya Swayamsevak Chief Sangh, the late KC Sudarshan was only engaged to Damdami Taxi, Sikh Seminon had been led by Bhindranwale, but also visited his headquarters and met with other Taksal leaders along with other Taksal leaders.
Sudarshan was accompanied by senior leader BJP AR Kohli, who later became the leader of Mizoram and the leaders of the Punjab RSS.
“It was at the end of 2000 or early in 2001 when Sudarshan visited the Taksal Headquarters in Chowk Mehta and held a meeting with the Head of the Taxi Taxi Baba Thakar Singh and Sikh’s suffering and taxi leaders,” Former Takhedar Jasbir Singh Rode, a Bhindranwale nephew, told TII.
Given the detail of the visit of the RSS head at that time, he said, “When he entered the Taksal Headquarters, he showed great respect for Baba Thakar Singh and the latter was also rewarded.
The meeting took place in the hall which had a description of Sant Bhindranwale.
Comments opening the Head of RSS is that he Feeling very sad over the action of the army in Darbar Sahib by the Congress Government and called it a disaster.
“Baba Sarabjot Singh Bedi, who headed for Gurmat Sidhant Parcharak Santjaj at the time and was very active, also at the meeting as one of the main articulators.
“Sudarshan paid respect to Baba Thakar Singh and after the initial exchange of Pleasantries, he asked us what to do to reduce the bitterness between Hindus and Sikh because he also dwelled in history, tradition, and bond between the two communities.
We explained the situation to him, highlight that there is a contrasting perception.
We underlined that at first they had to do at least two things – one to state that they recognized the independent religious identity of the Sikh and the second to release all Sikh prisoners who were in prison for the incident after Bluestar and November slaughter operations Sikh 1984.
The meeting lasted late at night and it was in a friendly atmosphere and Sudarshan sounded positive on both problems.
“” However, a prominent political leader Sikh began to accuse us of Hobnobbing with RSS, and propaganda was released against us where other people also began participate and I draw Self from further negotiations, “said Baba Bedi.
Rode said that Sudarshan said at that time the union government would send a list of sikh detainees after getting details about them.
“Initially, some progress came to this problem immediately after meeting Sudarshan but then things did not move forward,” he said.
Taksal spokesman Bhai Mohkam Singh, who worked with Bhindranwale until Bluestar’s operation and who was also present at the meeting with Sudarshan, supported the details distributed by Baba Bedi and Rode.
When contacted, the former Governor of Mizoram A R Kohli confirmed that the Punjab leaders RSS also accompanied Sudarshan and he as RSS wanted to end the bitterness between Sikh and Hinduism