Bhindranwale grandson
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Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
Figure in the Sikh Khalistan movement (1947–1984)
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (Punjabi: Jarnaila Singha Bhindrāṅvālepronounced[d͡ʒəɾnɛːlᵊˈsɪ́ŋɣᵊpɪ̀ɳɖrãːʋaːɭe]; born Jarnail Singh Brar;[4] 2 June 1947[5]– 6 June 1984) was a Sikh militant.[6][7][8][9] After Operation Bluestar, he posthumously became the leading figure for the Khalistan movement.[11][12][13][5]: 156–157
He was the thirteenth jathedar or leader, of the prominent orthodox Sikh religious institution Damdami Taksal.[15] An advocate of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution,[18][19][21] he gained significant attention after his involvement in the 1978 Sikh-Nirankari clash. In the summer of 1982, Bhindranwale and the Akali Dal launched the Dharam Yudh Morcha ("righteous campaign"), with its stated aim being the fulfilment of a list of demands based on the Anandpur Sahib Resolution to create a largely autonomous state within I
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Indira Gandhi let Jarnail Bhindranwale to become Frankenstein monster, claims Operation Blue Star commander
In the recent episode of Podcast with Smita Prakash, the retired 1971 war veteran, Lt Gen (retd) Brar said, "No one wants an operation, but what do you do? Indira Gandhi allowed him to become Frankenstein. You could see every year what was happening. But when he reached the pinnacle, now finish him off, now destroy him. It's too late."
He claimed that the then-political leadership had allowed the Bhindranwale cult to flourish.
"They had their own little problem support between Akali and Congress. They allowed this cult of Bhindranwale to continue," the retired army officer said.
In the episode titled "Never before heard stories from the man who led Operation B
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How the Congress propped up Bhindranwale
Around thirty five years ago, the Indian Army carried out Operation Bluestar, the military operation to disarm and dislodge Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, from the Darbar Sahib in Punjab’s Amritsar. Bhindranwale, who according to tradition was the fourteenth head of the orthodox Sikh seminary Damdami Taksaal, was running a parallel government from within the Darbar Sahib complex, wreaking havoc on law and order and the state machinery. While the operation was carried out on orders from Indira Gandhi, the prime minister at that time, the Congress itself was responsible for propping up Bhindranwale for electoral gains.
In the following extract from “The Shattered Dome,” a May 2014 story of The Caravan, Hartosh Singh Bal, the political editor of the publication, explores why Bhindranwale appealed to the Jatt Sikh peasantry and the Sikh orthodoxy. Further, he traces how the Congress contributed to Bhindranwale’s ascent to power and his subsequent demise. “Outside Punjab, the conventional understanding of the alliance between Bhindranwa
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