Margaret Thatcher's disgust at Sikhs-1984, funeral of Indira Gandhi

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• published: 04 Feb 2014
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Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the ruling Conservative party responding to the questions from the press at her departure to the funeral of Mrs Indira Gandhi, the assassinated Prime Minister of India. Whilst replying to the questions posed by the press Mrs Thatcher cements the revelations of recent weeks in which countless Sikh as well as humanitarian bodies have voiced concern at the British SAS involvement in/around Operation Bluestar. This short interview shows clear evidence of ongoing correspondence with the Indian Government. Mrs Thatcher expresses her own sentiments as being synonymous to those of the Indian Government in regards to the 'disgust' of the minority community "celebrating" the death of Mrs Gandhi. The interviewer confirms if Lady Thatcher was referring to 'Sikhs in UK' to which she responds positively. This is offensive, especially to the British Sikh community who pride their contribution to Britain historically and in the present. The nation is indebted to the sacrifices of Sikhs in both World Wars as well as burdened with the guilt of bringing down the Sikh Empire, stealing its treasures and causing deceit and disunity in the harmonious state of Punjab. In perspective, Mrs Thatchers expression of disgust is totally inappropriate as it is infringing the natural reaction from any persecuted minority; it is like saying the Jews cannot breathe a happy sigh of relief at Hitler's death, or the Afghan people at the end of the Taliban Regime. Similarly, were the US responses to the death/execution of Saddam/Osama 'disgusting'? Keep in mind that just 5 months earlier Indira Gandhi had sent in tanks, armoured vehicles and over 15,000 troops to attack and massacre Sikhs at Sri Harimandir Sahib (the Golden Temple). This saw over 5,000 innocent Sikhs butchered in cold blood on the command of Indira Gandhi the great 'world leader'. Even at the time of this interview, Sikhs were being set on fire and burnt in the streets of Delhi. Sikh women were being mob raped, young children were being hacked to pieces. Nowhere in this interview does the reporter or Thatcher seem bothered by the genocide happening on the streets of Delhi ... the same Delhi that Thatcher was flying in to .. the same Delhi in which security for the world leaders had been assured by India. Whilst at the same time it gave the green light for open season on Sikhs and played out genocide. Although we do not hold an opinion on this, it is interesting that Lady Thatcher's disgust met irony when many groups of people (miners, left wing politicians) celebrated Thatcher's death across the streets of Great Britain. COMMENT: LIKE: SUBSCRIBE Please subscribe using the option below for regular updates! You can also follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/sikh2inspire https://twitter.com/sikh2inspire http://instagram.com/sikh2inspire https://soundcloud.com/sikh2inspire www.sikh2inspire.org