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Who is Guilty - the Invisible Hand in Sikh Genocide 1984

Where All Fingers are Pointing at? Is there really a direct link between words and actions? Can words and images inspire people to commit acts of genocide? "We must remember Indiraji. We must remember why her assassination happened. We must remember who could be the people behind this. When Indira's assassination happened, there were riots in the country. We know that the hearts of the Indian people were full of anger and that for a few days people felt India was shaking. When a big tree falls, the earth shakes." These infamous words have come to be remembered as Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's justification for the carnage that took place after his mother's death. It seemed to suggest that the Congress party saw the anti-Sikh riots as a natural response to the assassination, a shaking of the earth. The savage conspiracy to kill hundreds of Sikh men, rape women, plunder their homes and mock their religious beliefs in the wake of Indira Gandhi’s ass...

How did the Sikh Genocide in Delhi Start in 1984

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...