Partition Remembrance Day: ‘Politicians, historians have overlooked Punjab’s ache’
Ex-serviceman, environmentalist and author, Lahore-born Partition sufferer Parkash Singh Bhatti (83) isn’t amused by way of PM Narendra Modi’s name of staring at August 14 as Partition Remembrance Day.
“Partition’s ache can by no means be forgotten. Thousands and thousands of our sisters and brothers have been displaced and lots of misplaced their lives because of senseless hate and violence. In reminiscence of the struggles and sacrifices of our other people, 14th August might be noticed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day,” tweeted PM on Saturday.
On the other hand, offended with politicians and historians for ignoring Punjab’s ache, Bhatti stated: “Watching remembrance day doesn’t make any sense. I’m afraid that now it’s extra like gimmick to counter the continuing farmer protest in Delhi. PM should needless to say lots of the farmers sitting in Delhi also are partition sufferers and they’ve now not were given any justice since Independence.”
He added, “When Jawaharlal Nehru was once handing over a speech on Independence, lakhs like me became dependents. My circle of relatives was once nonetheless higher and had connections. We come what may reached from Lahore to Amritsar after a few of our members of the family have been killed….I’m additionally offended with the so referred to as historians who wrote at duration about Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath, however remained silent on Partition the place lakhs have been killed. I’m really not evaluating Jallianwala Bagh and Partition, however I’m wondering the silence of historians…”
Bhatti claimed that “neither Jawaharlal Nehru nor Narendra Modi or another flesh presser for that topic has any figuring out of what came about throughout Partition”.
“Nehru remained Top Minister for just about 16 years after the Partition. He did not anything for sufferers. He may just by no means get the tragedy of Partition. If PM Modi is in point of fact interested by Partition sufferers then there must be no Punjabi farmers sitting on Delhi borders….There can’t be worst than what came about in Punjab throughout the ones days and that bankruptcy was once simply closed. So a statement to watch the day would now not do any justice to Partition sufferers.”
Recalling his circle of relatives’s trials after Partition, he stated: “My maternal uncles, my more youthful sisters have been killed and my mom was once significantly injured. Shall we handiest get 10 in line with cent of farming land we had in Lahore.”
