Harsimrat Kaur, Amarinder Singh in Twitter spat over Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Amarinder Singh brought up Harsimrat's Dyer connection in response to her criticism
Amarinder Singh brought up Harsimrat's Dyer connection in response to her criticism
Amarinder Singh brought up Harsimrat's Dyer connection in response to her criticism
Amarinder Singh brought up Harsimrat's Dyer connection in response to her criticism
Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh were engaged in a war of words on Twitter over the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on its 100th anniversary on Saturday.
Harsimrat began the argument by criticising Captain Amarinder Singh for demanding an apology from the UK government for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. She pointed out that he has never sought a similar demand from the Gandhi family for Operation Blue Star.
“Amarinder Singh is seeking apology from British government for Jallianwala Bagh massacre. What about an apology from Gandhis for Operation Blue Star?” Harsimrat Kaur Badal said in a tweet.
Operation Blue Star was the military operation that was ordered to remove militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh militants from the Harmandir Sahib complex or the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The military action was ordered in 1984 by then prime minister Indira Gandhi. Sikhs around the world condemned the government for the military operation and saw it as an act against their religion.
In another tweet, Harsimrat slammed the Punjab CM for taking Congress president Rahul Gandhi to Sri Akal Takht Sahib, the highest temporal seat of Sikhism, and not questioning the Gandhi scion about Operation Blue Star.