My Malice and Bias

Congrestani Con(g)piracy The relationship of Sikh community with the Congress Party has been estranged since the independence of India. It started with the false promises given by Congress leadership upon which Sikhs decided to join Indian Republic unconditionally. Subsequent betrayal of Congress by refusing to designate Punjabi as state language of Punjab, separation of Chandigarh from Punjab, and enrollment in Indian Army on the population based quota and not on merit resulted in a "showdown" during the 1980s. The Sikh rebellion turned to violence after 30 years on peaceful non-violent protest by Akalis failed to bring any results. Indira Gandhi of Congress responded by ordering Indian Army to attack Golden Temple Complex in June 1984 resulting in mass causalities on both sides including thousands of Sikh pilgrims stranded in the armed battle. This event changed the relationship forever and catapulted into assassination of Indira Gandhi. The Congress res...

Indira Assassination While Indira Gandhi 's dead body lay rotting in All India Medical Institute, a political wrangling began within the Congress party leaders. While some were in favor of promoting Pranab Mukherjee , the senior most Congress leader as the next Prime Minister of India, The other group comprising of Gandhi-Nehru family loyalists were suggesting the coronation of Rajiv Gandhi as the natural successor. This coterie included powerful ministers and administrators such as Arun Nehru , HKL Bhagat , Jagdish Tytler , Lalit Maken , Sajjan Kumar , and RK Dhawan , Their worry was that the decision lies in the hands of President Zail Singh who was out of the country on an official visit to North Yemen. They couldn't trust a Zail Singh, a Sikh to support the line of succession. So a conspiracy was hatched to put pressure on the President as soon as he reached the AIMS straight from the airport. Arun Nehru escorting Zail Singh at AIIMS Gandhi's cousi...