New Delhi: On October 31, 1984, the then PM Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her own bodyguards. Since the bodyguards were from the Sikh community, the entire Congress was engaged in wiping out the Sikhs. Wherever Sikhs were found across the country, they were brutally killed there. Government figures show that 2,800 Sikhs were massacred in Delhi alone and 3,350 in other parts of the country. But, the government figures are ultimately made by the government, while independent figures say that 30,000 Sikhs were killed.
It is said that hundreds of incidents were not even registered. In the year 1984, the number one and two of November are recorded as Black Days in the history of the country. Sikhs were massacred across the country. It was not that, after these two days everything had calmed down, even after these dates, Sikhs continued to be attacked. Sikhs were killed at the behest of Congress leaders. Houses and shops of innocent Sikhs were looted and set on fire. Cars and buses were stopped and Sikhs were taken out and burnt. The matter was that Sikhs were hiding their identity to save their lives, they were running here and there by cutting hair and beard. But not a single accused was caught in all these incidents.
On October 31, 1984, PM Indira Gandhi was gunned down at her residence in Delhi. Her bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh had committed the crime. Indira was assassinated as revenge for Operation Blue Star. On the orders of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Operation Blue Star was launched from June 3 to 6, 1984 to free the Harimandir Sahib complex in Amritsar from the possession of pro-Khalistan Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his supporters. At that time, separatist forces led by Bhindranwale were raising their heads in Punjab, which was always getting full support from Pakistan, which always dreamed of India's destruction.
A single incident is enough to explain how things had become after October 31, 1984. When then-President Giani Zail Singh was going to AIIMS to see Indira, his car was also attacked. He has written in his autobiography Memories of Giani Zail Singh, 'I decided to go to the hospital. I saw on the way that people were indulging in arson. Some people were walking around with burning bamboo in their hands, but I could not think about the events ahead. On October 31, a mob around AIIMS shouted "blood for blood", most of them Congress workers.' Let me tell you that on October 31, Indira's son Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as PM, but the massacre of Sikhs continued across the country. Political experts say Rajiv Gandhi's statement was the biggest reason behind this massacre. In this, Rajiv had said, 'When a big tree falls, the earth shakes a little. That is, former PM Rajiv Gandhi tried to justify the massacre of Sikhs in a way. It was only after this that Congress leaders and workers were openly indulging in violence against Sikhs.
When Congress was out of power, an investigation started on the massacre of Sikhs somewhere and revelations started layer by layer. Reports suggest that, during the night of October 31 and the morning of November 1, Congress party leaders held meetings with their local supporters and workers to distribute funds and weapons. Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and trade union leader Lalit Maken distributed Rs 100 each and liquor bottles to the attackers. On the morning of November 1, Sajjan Kumar was seen holding rallies in the mohallas of Palam Colony, Kiran Garden, and Sultanpuri. During this time, Sajjan Kumar had distributed iron rods to a group of 120 people from a truck and ordered them to "attack, kill and loot Sikhs and burn their property". During the morning Sajjan Singh led a violent mob in Mangolpuri along the Palam railway road, and said that 'Kill the Sardars.' In Sultanpuri, Moti Singh (a member of the Sikh Congress party for 20 years) recited the following speech to Kumar, saying, "Whoever kills the sons of the snake, I will reward them." Anyone who kills Roshan Singh and Bagh Singh will be given Rs 5,000 each and Rs 1,000 for killing another Sikh. You can take this reward from my personal assistant Jaichand Jamadar on November 3. Madhya Pradesh's Kamal Nath, who was also accused of leading a riotous mob, was seen with a violent mob. But this could not be proved in court.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Sikh genocide, told the court that during the riots, Sajjan Kumar said that 'not a single Sikh should survive.' The CBI accused the Delhi Police of keeping its "eyes closed" during the riots, which were planned. Reports also suggest that on October 31, Congress party officials provided voter lists, school registration forms, ration cards, etc. to the rioters, so that violence could be committed against Sikhs. In Delhi, a total of 442 rioters were found guilty. Of these, 39 were sentenced to life imprisonment, and the other three to more than 10 years. Six Delhi police officers were found guilty of negligence during the riots. In April 2013, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of three men who had challenged their life sentence. That month, Delhi's Karkardooma district court convicted five people, Balwan Khokhkar (former councillor), Mahendra Yadav (former MLA), Kishan Khokar, Girdhari Lal and Kaptan Bhagmal, for inciting a mob against Sikhs in Delhi Cantonment. However, during this time the court acquitted senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was the main conspirator of the violence. However, after a long battle, Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court in 2018. But even today, the wounds of the 1984 massacre are fresh in the hearts of Sikhs and they have not been able to get full justice.
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