![]() “Why would an unknown person who was already wanted by the police for murder attract even more police attention by killing someone who was no longer a chief minister? Could there have been a deeper political conspiracy?” the book says, quoting the Kairon family. The book records how the Kairon family suspected “political foul play” after a CBI probe into the assassination was denied despite requests from Punjab MLAs. “If he had more time, the history of this region would have been different”.Ĭuriously, the book puts the spotlight on the rivalry between Kairon and then Punjab Congress leader Chaudhary Devi Lal, who later became deputy prime minister and Haryana chief minister, raising a question mark on the “closeness” between the latter and one of the four assassins of Kairon, who was a favourite of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and one of the tallest leader in post-Partition Punjab. “This is an honest effort to tell the true story of the man who had such a deep and long-lasting impact on Punjab, says the preface of the book, Partap Singh Kairon: A Visionary, which shares authorship with Panjab University historian M Rajivlochan and his civil servant wife Meeta Rajivlochan. ![]() Chandigarh Fifty-five years after the assassination of Partap Singh Kairon, who was chief minister of an undivided Punjab for eight years (1956-64), a book co-authored by his younger son Gurinder Singh Kairon has raked up political conspiracy in the murder that has so far been considered a closed chapter in turbulent history of the border state.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |