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Instructions to kill Sikhs came from Rajiv Gandhi's office: HS Phoolka
"Shanti Bhushan was Law Minister during Morarji Desai government. Shanti Bhushanji has given his own affidavit before the Nanavati Commission. He says on November 1 morning he went to Narasimha Rao, who was Union Home Minister at that time and he asked Narasimha Rao to immediately call the Army as innocent citizens are being killed... Narasimha Rao agreed with him," Phoolka explained.
PTI | May 09, 2019, 03:56 PM IST
1.President wanted to call Army: Phoolka
Phoolka said Charan Singh along with Devi Lal, Sharad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan asked the President to immediately call the Army.
"So, the President wanted to call the Army, Home Minister wanted to call the Army, who is the one who can veto them? It's the Prime Minister's Office. We have placed evidence on record that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers were even monitoring it," Phoolka said.
"On November 1, an Army unit came and that Army unit in Safdarjung Enclave was trying to save the Sikhs who were under attack. One officer came and stopped them. He said there are no orders for the Army to move in. After 15-20 minutes that Army unit was directed to report to the cantonment. When they went to the cantonment, they were asked to confine to barracks and their arms were taken away," he added.
Pic: Rajiv Gandhi / RNA
2.Kamal Nath told police he was sent by PM: HS Phoolka
"5,000 Army personnel were available in Delhi on November 1, 1984. If that Army could have been deployed, it could have saved 2,000 lives. This was directly the Prime Minister's Office, who was managing and controlling it," he said.
Talking about the alleged involvement of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Phoolka said, "Even Kamal Nath came to Rakab Ganj Gurdwara. Gurdwara was burned, two Sikhs were burned alive over there. Kamal Nath told the police that he was sent by the Prime Minister. It is in the police report that Kamal Nath came there and said he had been sent by the Prime Minister to see if any Hindu has been kept as a captive there. Despite the presence of Kamal Nath, the police fired on Sikhs inside the Gurdwara."
Phoolka said that "due to the sheer power of the government and their influence, they have suppressed all this evidence."
"But there is enough material to show, it was directly Rajiv Gandhi's office, which was giving the directions to kill the Sikhs," he added.
The anti-Sikh riots took place after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
3.Sheila Dikshit expresses disappointment
Senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit on Thursday expressed disappointment over BJP's allegation of Rajiv Gandhi's 'involvement' in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
"It's on record of Nanavati Commission that probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the biggest genocide of India in which the government killed its own citizens, that instructions to kill came directly from the then PM Rajiv Gandhi's office," the BJP's had tweeted earlier today.
On being asked about the BJP's claim, Dikshit told ANI, "Why would Rajiv Gandhi do that? His mother had been killed, why would he instruct? He was deeply hurt. Does the BJP act like this? I am really disappointed."
