1984 riots: 'Why nobody noticed Amitabh Bachchan s

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/1984-riots-Why-nobody-noticed-Amitabh-Bachchan-spewing-venom-in-India/articleshow/10429011.cms

AMRITSAR: A prime witness in 1984 anti-Sikh riots said that everyone who had been watching Doordarshan saw how superstar Amitabh Bachchan provoked the rioters.

"I wonder why no one in India lodged case against Amitabh Bachchan for provoking killing of Sikhs," said Jagdish Kaur, prime witness in 1984 anti- Sikh riots while talking to TOI on Thursday.

Following Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination by her Sikh bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, India erupted in riots against Sikhs in 1984. Reminiscing the sad memories of hate crime against Sikhs she said, "I watched live relay on Doordarshan and saw Amitabh Bachchan raising his arm and shouting the slogan, 'khun ka badla khun sae laengae' (Blood for blood) two times. "

Jagdish Kaur said that everyone who had been watching Doordarshan was witness to how the bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan provoked the anti- Sikh riots. "I am not concerned that a case has been registered against him in Australia but all I want to know why nobody noticed Amitabh's provoking statement in India," Kaur asked. She said that ever since she saw Amitabh spewing venom in full public glare she never watched any of his movies or programmes on TV. "Any mention of him or his work reminds me of his role in the 1984 riots," she said.

Recently a US-based Sikh human rights group lodged a criminal complaint against Bachchan in Australia for instigating and abetting 1984 anti Sikh riots. Australia's 'Criminal Code Act 1995' states that Australian courts can have jurisdiction over cases involving crimes against humanity irrespective of whether the offense was committed in Australia or not.

Jagdish Kaur, then 42, had seen her husband and son being murdered in cold blood by a frenzied mob inside her house in Palam Colony (West Delhi) on November 1st 1984. She also saw her three brothers Narinder Pal Singh, 35, Raghwinder Singh, 28 and Kuldeep Singh ,21, all contractors with MES, burning to death by the mob while they were trying to save themselves.



1984 riots: 'Why nobody noticed Amitabh Bachchan spewing venom in India'
A prime witness in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case has alleged that Ambitabh Bachchan shouted 'khun ka badla khun sae laengae' two times instigating the rioters.


I have heard abt the riots and the politicans being involved but Amitab bachan has come as a surprise.. hence the article.

am not against hindu sikh and neither do i endorse religious quarrels.

comments welcome
i wud like to know what happened then and what do u think

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Amitabh Bachchan is himself half-Sikh...his mother, Teji Bachchan belonged to the Sikh Community...then how can he provoke people against his own mother's community?😕

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Amitabh Bachchan is himself half-Sikh...his mother, Teji Bachchan belonged to the Sikh Community...then how can he provoke people against his own mother's community?😕



i have heard abt that too

this is what i read in the comments section(nt saying its credible but seems to me, it is)

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25 Oct, 2011 11:40 AM
People who are mentioning about Amitabh's mother as a Sikh please read this:- Khem Singh Bedi (1832-1904), had 2 sons Kartar Singh Bedi and Gurbaksh Singh Bedi. Gurbaksh Singh 's grandaughter was Teji Bedi and her son is Amitabh Bacchan. Khem Singh Bedi was a tout of the British as Gandhi's & Nehru's and had been bribed by them to undermine the Gurdwara Sudhar Lehar and Singh Sabha Movement. The Arya Samaj also used him to strengthen the Bipran Ki Reet in the Gurdwaras and thus to Hindunise Sikhi. He used to openly preach that Sikhs were Hindus.He claimed that the Aad Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the fifth veda of the Hindus which provides the essence of Purans and Upanishads.In fact the RSS and Sanaatani influences in the various Deras owe their origins to KHEMU RAM as Sikhs used to call him with distance. He was immensely disliked by the Khalsa Panth, but on the back of the finances from the Arya Samaj, he set up a Sodhak Committee in 1897 of his hand picked people ,to consolidate 32 wildly different versions of the Bachitar Natak which had been introduced into Punjab from Bengal via the Nirmalas between 1875 and 1900. he was largely unsuccessful in this En devour but was successful in introducing very many Hindu texts and traditions into various Deras. He died a very distraught man from painful illness.His palace built from ill gotten gains now lies in ruins near Rawalpindi in Pakistan.A fitting legacy to the evil that he represented. His son Kartar Singh Bedi was a staunch supporter of the Mahant Narian Das who murdered 130 Sikhs at Nankana Sahib in 1921. His other son Gurbaksh Singh Bedi was notoriously anti Panthic-Maryada and used to go on Hindu stages to declare that Sikhs are Hindus. His wish came true when his grand-daughter married a Hindu Bhaiya from UP and converted to Hinduism.She brought up her son Amitabh Bachan to be a Sikh hating Hindu fanatic.She herself died from a long painful illness at the age of 93 yrs. Khem Singh Bedi's great grandson Amitabh Bachan stood alongside Rajiv Gandhi in June 1984 to applaud the destruction of Sri Akaal Takhat Sahib to flush out 'terrorists' ,and later in Oct 1984 to 'teach the Sikhs a lesson'.To date he has never condemned the genocide of the Sikhs on the streets of Delhi and other Indian towns.We shouldn't really be surprised though should we- he is simply carrying on with his forefathers tradition of trying to destroy the distinctively sovereign Khalsa who is pure-ie free from Bipran Ki Reet. So Khemu was never treated as a Sikh and neither his family. The general masses of Punjab boycotted with this family Since then.
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I find the news a bit hard to believe...Amitabh has been a celebrity for years now...how on earth does such an important and super-controversial piece of news release all of a sudden? It could have made sense if such a news would have come out during his short political tenure...first with Congress and then with Amar Singh and Party!
How come now, when Big B and entire Brand B is in decline, this news comes out?
Its very hard to digest that someone as well-known as Amitabh could have been involved in the Sikh Riots and that no one talked about it for all these years!
PS: Teji Bachchan was a confidante of Indira Gandhi and that is how the Amitabh became friends with Rajeev. Both the families were very close at one point in time...hence the death of Indira might have affected the B Family...but to say that he instigated the riots sounds unbelievable to me!😕
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hi

sorry the article was posted Yudhvir Rana, TNN Oct 20, 2011, 05.54PM IST but i saw it today , hence the topic.
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Lolz...not asking you from where you got the article! Was just curious as to how such a news wasn't leaked out till now!!!

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Originally posted by: poppy2009

Lolz...not asking you from where you got the article! Was just curious as to how such a news wasn't leaked out till now!!!



lol i do know that - just wanted to clear it not a hater, genuinely i feel disgusted to know all these things and then the same people behave as if they are saints, which is not acceptable
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Looks like some people are looking attention. Its surprising to see the extent people go to justify themselves. Big B's supposed thought proccesses are justified thru what his great grandfather did...a man whom he probably never even met.
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Originally posted by: -ksh-

Looks like some people are looking attention. Its surprising to see the extent people go to justify themselves. Big B's supposed thought proccesses are justified thru what his great grandfather did...a man whom he probably never even met.

Shreya,
You believe this article?😲
Seems too far-fetched for me!
Not because I cannot think of Big B being involved in such a thing, but rather, how it was kept a secret for all these years!
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^^^Ofcourse I dont. Something like this involving Big B would have been out ages ago especially if it was telecast on DD.

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