Comments on: The saga of a scapegoat, not an underdog — KPS Gill

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:44:28 +0000

This article missed out several things about K. P. S. Gill that are not known to the word outside Punjab because the victims could never register a case against him and the media was heavily controlled.

Firstly, the article from Khuswant Singh in “India Today” claims “….Gill saved Sikhs and Punjab for India” …pay attention to the words used here by notable English columnist who has been swinging back and forth on his views about Khuswant Singh. Just before this article, Khuswant Singh had reviewed the book “Reduced to Ashes” by Ram Narayan Kumar (passed away recently, June 28 2009) and claimed about the findings of Human Rights violations by Gill and company as “…it is spine chilling” …”Mr. Gill you and your department has quite a few awkward questions to answers”. Now, in 2004 Khuswant Singh goes back again singing songs for K. P. S. Gill, perhaps under the pressure from somewhere.

During the troubled times in Punjab, Khuswant Singh always traveled in protection of K. P. S. Gill, mostly in Gills own vehicle. So, he had his reasons to sing praises then. May be he was just seeing Punjab from the spectacles of Gill. Later, reading excellent documentation and research work from Ram Narayan Kumar et all, Khuswant Singh fell face off changing his statements and asking questions from Gill. He also went on to oppose Gills statement of calling the book “Rubbish” as “…well its not rubbish…”.

This write says “Jaswant Singh Khalra died …”, well he did not – he was murdered. Search the newspapers and legal documents on the statements of eye witness SPO (Special Police Officer) Kuldip Singh which implicate K. P. S. Gill in Khalra abduction and murder case.

K. P.S Gill’s lack of morality is well known. For instance, check the Rupan Deol Bajaj case. Rupan was a strong lady with strong back up from family so she fought case against Gill. Ever wondered how many poor helpless females may have been victims of this drunk?

The newspapers have even reported that the coaches of hockey had to almost always report and talk with Gills security guard instead of Gill himself. Why was this chairman of IHF (Indian Hockey Federation) not even doing his official business? …may be he was too drunk everyday so the coaches had to report to his security officers instead of him.

Staying for mode than a decade at the helm of affairs of Indian hockey and driving it to the lowest, he still had the shamelessness to say “…we do not have instant coffee machine to produce results”. Which instant coffee machine takes 10 years? The Indian players and hockey does not have a grave problem, its these ridiculous people who are wrecking it by their idiotic and autocratic behaviour.

In Punjab, these people including Gill and SSP Sandhu have killed thousands of young boys, their sisters, their old frailing parents and mothers. If a honest human being reads the atrocities and dishonors done to sister and mothers in front of their brother and fathers – one looses sleep!!!…

…and freaking mind washing media has no humanity what-so-ever and keeps parroting whatever their paid bosses tell them to write. Wake up, before another Gill is standing at your doorstep asking for your sister or mother. Its easier to neglect others pain and sing the nonsense propaganda of the illiterates we send to parliament to loot, exploit and divide us.

….the story and evidence against Gill in all fields he ever stepped into is too big to cover here in one post. The interested citizens of India, who are concerned about the well being of the country, may search this online and read the reports from Human Rights Watch, Ensaaf, Ram Narayan Kumar, Jaswant Singh Khalra, Rubal Deol Bajaj case, check the hockey stats and gills tenure and his statements, ….and for got sake wake up!!!

By: XYZ

XYZ — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:13:29 +0000

Dear Mr. Neeraj Bhushan,
I am a member of the Hockey Federation and we have discussed your article at our meetings. It is a very good article. Thank you. However, I am sorry that I cannot reveal my identity, but I just want to add some fact to your article so that people may understand things in totality.
Hockey has been India’s National Game due the fact that India won eight Gold Medals in Olympics. Those days, hockey was played on natural turf i.e. on grass. But with the advent of astroturf, European nations grew stronger, as these turfs suited them. Not only India, even Pakistan was a loser. But we touched the lowest point when we faced waterloo in SANTIAGO (Chile) by losing qualifying tournament. This created nation-wide cry. Really, this was a disgraceful show on the part of the Indian hockey team. Here, it must be noted that this very team had won Asian Cup two months back, with same combination and coaching staff and that too with the biggest victory margin in the recent times. Then what went wrong? That injury was not healed and there came the sting operation and whole of the Indian Hockey Federation became the villain in the eyes of hockey fraternity. Indian Olympic Association grabbed this opportunity with both hands and our respected Sports Minister also voiced his anger in very clear terms, which very much hurt the emotion of IHF members.
Why was IHF suddenly projected as a culprit? Why was IHF blamed for the crime which was never committed by the Federation? If one member is a culprit, he must be punished as per law of the land. But it is unethical, illogical, wrong and illegal to paint the entire Federation as corrupt. I hope I am making a point.
In today’s world, media jumps to its own conclusion without verifying the facts. It so happened in our i.e IHF’s case. The IHF is not wrong. IHF is genuinely promoting the National Game. It is only some vested interests who are trying to steal the show. The nation has been cheated in the process. Hockey lovers have been left disappointed and the game disgraced. It is shameful.
It is the most appropriate time that the IHF is given the due recognition by all and the people should repose their faith in the Federation. Our concern is that everybody committed to hockey should think the ways and means to improve the game. Let hockey be played and practised in schools, colleges & universities and clubs. Let there be local competitions. As the governing body, IHF can manage the affairs but the improvement must come from the grounds.
Let not IOA murder the Indian Hockey. As you have also rightly said, IOA can de-affiliate any game from its family but it cannot “murder” any sports. In our opinion, IOA’s decisions will create more controversies rather offer solutions.
Before I conclude, I will assert that IHF is capable of running the game very effectively.
Thank you and yours truly,
Mr. XYZ

By: Thomas Parackal

Thomas Parackal — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:24:24 +0000

It is of course possible to differ with Gill over many issues. I admire him for his achievements in Punjab, but at the same time, I am of a strong view that Gill should have left Indian hockey alone long back.

True, Gill talks very little and is not very articulate in expressing profound ideas. But he has a great quality of completely devastating his opponents with simple questions.

In a televised debate, he asked the great ‘secular progressive’ defender of human rights of terrorists, Gautam Navlakha (who apparently doesn’t know that real people die in terrorist attacks, or that Pakistan has an interest in Kashmir), who was waxing eloquent about the root causes of terrorism, ‘what was the root cause in Punjab’? Navlakha could only mumble a few inanities in response, and as expected, completely lost his cool.

By: Sukla Sen

Sukla Sen — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:22:12 +0000

While many qualities(!) of this remarkable man named KPS Gill, including “bloody butcher”, have been listed here, his great affinity for female posterior and the gall to publicly display that have for whatever reasons been left out. That’s of course an important omission from his list of great achievements.

By: Hiren

Hiren — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:20:04 +0000

Almost all the hockey players have said that hockey has been going downhill during Gill’s period and he has time and again behaved in an imperious manner. If sports reporting could make people accountable for their lack of inefficiency, he would have gone long back. He cannot be judged in hocky by what he achieved in ‘Punjab’.