Discordant Voices

'Khalistan will become a reality over our corpses. There will be no such state as long as we are alive. Hindus in this city need to take a hard offensive line, rather than being defensive. The Jan Sangh is not backing our struggle; otherwise we would have been much more aggressive against these Sikh fanatics. Honestly, if I were a young lad of 17 or 18, I would have grabbed a pistol and shot a couple of these Sikh sants.'
- Munilal Khanna, 71, Arya Samaj leader and businessman.

'Khalistan has nothing to do with religion, it's a political issue. But Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale's arrest is a religious issue-for the Government to arrest a man of such deep religious conviction is an act of heresy. Every Sikh will condemn it. But I will not be in a position to condemn the hijacking because that again is a political issue, not a religious one.'
-Jathedar Gurdial Singh Ajnoha, head priest of the Akal Takht, Golden Temple.