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Rulda Singh of RSS is dead
WSN Network

Rashtriya Sikh Sangat (RSS) Punjab chief Rulda Singh, 62, who was shot at outside his Patiala residence by two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants on July 29 last, died at PGI, Chandigarh, on Friday night. He was cremated on Sunday.

Rulda Singh had received five bullets in his abdomen and forehead. His condition was deteriorating continuously and was put on life support system. Doctors attending to Rulda Singh said from the last few days he had stopped responding to artificial support system.

He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

Rulda Singh was close to top BJP leaders, including L.K. Advani, and was made head of BJP's NRI wing in Punjab during the NDA regime at the Centre. Rulda Singh settled down as arhtiya in the New Grain Market on the Sirhind road here about two decades back.

He headed many tours to foreign countries to bring back Sikhs who figure on black list of the home ministry. Rulda Singh, who did a course from Damdami Taksal, joined the RSS in 1976  and starting taking active part in its activities.

Many Sikh bodies had serious differences with his approach towards the Sikh issues and the formation of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat itself was seen as a treacherous plan of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh to interfere in the affairs of the Sikhs, confuse the sangat, pose as being Sikh or pro-Sikh and damage Sikhi from within.

Rulda Singh had, sometime ago, invited SGPC and head priests to the RSS conclave in Bhopal, which was not taken well by SGPC and other Sikh bodies.

Police is working to get sketches of the alleged attackers made on the basis of details given by NRI Dalbir Kaur and Rulda Singh’s family members. Rulda had dropped Dalbir Kaur at Ragho Majra in the evening before he was attacked.

19 August 2009
 

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