DAL KHALSA ADMITS IT FAILED....

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DAL KHALSA ADMITS IT FAILED TO BECOME MASS MOVEMENT IN 30 YEARS



Amritsar September 4:
“Despite sincere efforts, we have failed to transform the Dal Khalsa into a mass movement”. This statement of the Sikh outfit after 30 years of existence has raised many questions on the relevence of radical ideology in Punjab.
Kanwarpal Singh, general secretary, Dal Khalsa, admitted in the brochure “ 30 years of struggle,” that the outfit could not moblise Sikh masses due to radical views and tendency of people to be with the powers that-be. Though the Dal Khalsa had tried to contest the SGPC and Assembly elections, yet it failed to open account. However, political pundits viewed the step of the Dal Khalsa a “positive step” when it decided to contest the elections by expressing faith in the Indian democratic system.
The Dal Khalsa’s general secretary also admitted that though the party came into limelight after hijacking an Indian Airlines plane on September 29, 1981, three years after the formation of the party, yet it had to pay a “heavy price” for it. Following it, the Dal Khalsa was banned by the Central government on May 1, 1982, which later was lifted after return of normalcy in Punjab in 1992.
Intelligence agencies have been studying the brochure of the Dal Khalsa titled “30 years of struggle” minutely. By publishing pictures of radical Muslim outfits of Jammu & Kashmir, the Dal Khalsa has established that it has started working in tandem, which maybe an alarm signal. Founder of the outfit Gajinder Singh, who is in the “20 most wanted Indian terrorists” list, is still in Pakistan. Since the government of Pakistan can’t give him political asylum, he continues staying there for the past 27 years.
The Dal Khalsa takes credit of getting Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale declared dead after 19 years by Jathedar, Akal Takht, at a function in the Golden Temple complex on June 6, 2003. The brochure described the event “Justice after 19 years”. Earlier, the Damdami Taksal, once headed by Bhindranwale and certain other Sikh organisations, had been claiming that he (Bhindranwale) was “alive”.
 
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