Amarinder rejects Blue Star Memorial, Terms Rajoana a 'murderer'
Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana's letter dated 09-06-2012 to Amarinder Singh on his statement against the victims and shaheeds of 1984 Sikh Genocide.
Letter Date: 9th June 2012
Original Statement by Captain Amarinder was published on 5th June 2012.Chandigarh, June 5
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh who had maintained silence till now on the Memorial of Martyrs being set up in the shape of a Gurudwara within the complex of Sri Darbar Sahib at Amritsar, today said it was completely wrong to set up Operation Bluestar Memorial as it was not going to help the state in anyway.
The former Chief Minister and the PCC president who had advocated for commuting the death sentence of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, today condemned the attempts to glorify Balwant Singh Rajoana convicted of murdering former Chief Minister S Beant Singh.
Amarinder's views on these two crucial issues assume significance as these have come just a few hours before the Sikh Panth is due to observe Ghallughara Divas as remembrance of Operation Blue Star, which happened on June 6, 1984.
Replying to a question on the issue during a press conference at Amritsar today, Capt Amarinder maintained that Punjab cannot afford such things, like the Bluestar Memorial, as last three decades had only seen the state’s economic decline.
He said, setting up such memorials do not send the right signals. “We must look forward”, he remarked.
The PCC President questioned the attempts of glorifying Rajoana, saying, “he (Rajoana) is a murderer who had murdered our Chief Minister”.
At the same time Capt Amarinder clarified that he had only opposed the death penalty to Rajoana since he was against the capital punishment to anyone.He said,he had suggested converting Rajoana’s punishment from death to life imprisonment which meant that for the whole life he should remain behind the bars.
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