Sikhs Angrily Recall Shrine Raid
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AMRITSAR, India — More than 20,000 Sikhs thronged the Golden Temple today to condemn the bloody army assault on their sacred shrine a year ago in a battle with separatist terrorists who had used it as a haven.
Their top leader, Joginder Singh, said Sikhs must keep weapons, learn to use them and “worship them.” He called the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who ordered the army to invade the temple, “the destroyer of modern India.” The crowd shouted that she was a “traitor” and chanted that the two men accused of assassinating her were Sikh martyrs.
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