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Punjab media skips Op Bluestar
WSN Bureau

The Punjabi language mass circulation newspaper 'Ajit' which carries the slogan 'Punjab Di Awaz' on its masthead everyday, did not publish a single word about the 23rd anniversary of the Operation Bluestar in its June 6 edition.

The Indian Express' Delhi edition, like the rest of the so-called national media, did not even touch the subject, while the Chandigarh edition merely carried a small story on the inside pages about heightened security arrangements in Golden Temple, and reported in a matter-of-fact vein: "(T)he ruling SAD(B) is likely to stay away from the ceremonies."

The Tribune carried an interview of Indian Ambassador to Madagascar Daljit Singh Pannun and about his upcoming book. Pannun claimed that "Bhindranwale never wanted Khalistan." The Tribune rushed to chose it as the headline of the story. There was no other mention of Op Bluestar in the edition, the largest selling English newspaper in the region.

Only, the 'Spokesman' newspaper carried detailed articles and devoted considerable space to the occasion, publishing excerpts from books and carrying out many memory-recall articles. Significantly, the Spokesman editor Joginder Singh was excommunicated by the Sikh clergy and there is an official bar by the clerics on reading or cooperating with the Spokesman group.

6 June, 2007
 

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