JYOTI BASU: “The Sikhs will always remember him as a saviour,”

“ Ironically, about 300 communists were murdered in Punjab by the pro-Khalistan separatists in terror incidents. Lakhvir Singh, who drove this writer to different parts of Kolkata, had a big sticker of Bhindranwale pasted on the rear window of his car. Despite this glaring contradiction, he acknowledged the position of Jyoti Basu during 1984. “The Sikhs will always remember him as a saviour,” he said.”

- Gurpreet Singh is with Radio India Vancouver. He worked with Indian Express and The Tribune before emigrating to Canada in 2001. He was travelling in West Bengal when Jyoti Basu was under treatment.