696 Demonstration Later The Struggle For Justice Is Still On

Following is a long list of the steps that I have taken to keep the issue alive and to see that justice is done, not just to the thousands of those directly affected by the anti-Sikh violence but millions of those whose lives and minds are under siege on account of what they heard, saw and felt during those death-filled days.

From November 7, 1984, to the end of 1997, the following measures were taken for the cause of the victims’ families: A total of 696 demonstrations, including, hunger strikes, rallies, courting arrest, peace marches (one was taken out along a 140 kilometre route, from Delhi to Karnal) scores of meetings with important members of the government and protest demonstrations by the victims’ families, including the thousands of widows and old parents of the victims and a country-wide tour along with 31 human rights activists in 1992.

The big-wigs I personally met as part of my crusade, include, prime ministers, the chief justice of the Delhi high court and supreme court of India and members of parliament. The media has carried hundreds of reports, based on my press conferences on the subject.

Justice has not been done. Not one of those guilty for the anti-Sikh crimes has been convicted and punished. The struggle will continue to ensure that the guilty, especially, the master-minds behind the violence, are brought to book.