Harsimrat Kaur Badal says ‘Jawaharlal Nehru divided Punjab, Indira Gandhi attacked Golden Temple’ 

Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

Union minister and Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched a scathing attack on the legacy of the Congress party while discussing about the Kartarpur corridor, which will enable Indian pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan. In her tirade against the Congress, she blamed India first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, for “dividing Punjab” and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for “demoralizing the Sikhs” and “attacking the Golden Temple” in Amritsar and “killing thousands of innocent people”.

While speaking about the talks between India and Pakistan to finalize the modalities of the Kartarpur Corridor, she said, “Indira Gandhi attacked the Golden Temple and killed thousands of innocents there. Then comes her son Rajiv Gandhi who then for his political reasons massacres millions of Sikhs all over. And now Rahul Gandhi speaks the language of Pakistan.”

She further added that dividing Punjab was Jawaharlal Nehru’s decision. “That border could easily have been 2 kilometres more. To suppress the Sikhs and to demoralize them, after Jawaharlal Nehru broke Punjab, Indira Gandhi came and attacked the Golden Temple.”

She then appealed to Sikhs to stand by the BJP-led government and said, “I appeal to Sikhs … finally we are getting justice for (19)84 (anti-Sikh riots). Finally, we’re getting Kartarpur Sahib corridor, if you don’t stand by the prime minister (Narendra Modi) and this (BJP-led National Democratic Alliance) government, I can assure that Congress and the (Nehru-)Gandhi family will derail this on some pretext of talks and terror.”

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