Confrontation With Bhindranwale
Narain, an Arya Samaji, was a prominent critic of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Congress Party leader.
Dilbir Singh,Public Relations Advisor at Guru Nanak Dev University for seven years, has stated
- "On that day in a great fury he called upon someone to read aloud what Narain had said. There was quiet. 'Our turban has been torn from our heads,' he proclaimed. Then one of his followers asked, 'What are your orders?' Again in anger, he said 'Orders, you need orders! What orders? Are you blind?' Now you see he did not say anything. And they said it. 'O.K.' meaning thereby, we'll finish this man. So, then, 3-4 days later, Narain was coming from Ludhiana and they fired upon him."
There was no proof Bhindranwale had actually said this as many allegations were being made against Sikhs by Hindutva activists.
- "Some son of his mother could stand it no longer and put him (the Lala) on the train (killed him). After he was put on the train on the 9th (September 1981), on the 12th warrants for my arrest were issued."
H.K. Dua, a former Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune and a close associate of Indian National Congress (I) said in a tribute to Jagat Narain: “The question before us today is that are we ready to accept the rule of gun?”
“We should be thankful to the Hind Samachar Group of Newspapers for two reasons. Firstly, it has initiated a fund for helping victims of terrorists and that of natural calamities and, secondly, for standing up against terrorism at a time when no other paper dared to do so.newspaper showed what a partial newspaper can do to the society/ The family had not only lost two of its partial press members—Lala Jagat Narain and Ramesh Chander—but 62 of his staff were gunned down. It is a remarkable contribution toward the country and in the interest of freedom of expression,” :
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