Truth of so-called* *Damdami Taksaal* *(Jatha Bhindran- Mehta)  (Part 3) 
       by Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer* 

     *[1]* www.sarbloh.info, Dr Sher Singh Giani, *Amrit Jeewan*, p. 37.
     *[2]* When Giani Kartar Singh was installed as the chief of this Jatha, the family of Giani Gurbachan Singh      rejected him; so much so that Giani Kartar Singh was not allowed even to sit on the dais during the                ceremony of final prayers of Giani Gurbachan Singh; people were so angry with Giani Kartar Singh that he      had to flee the village to save his life on that day.
     The family installed Mohan Singh as Giani Gubachan Singh s successor.
     According to Hardeep Singh Dibdiba (forner PA to Jasbir Singh Rode), Jathedar Jagedev Singh Talwandi           was so aggressive that he declared  How can we bestow*Malwa s* honour on a man from *Majha ** *    
     (Giani Gurbachan Singh and Giani Mohan Singh belonged to*Malwa* and Giani Kartar Singh belonged to   
     *Majha* region of the Punjab); Giani Kartar Singh could not visit Bhinder Kalan again and he established his *dera* at Chowk Mehta and also renamed the *jatha* as Bhindran-Mehta Jatha; later, in 1977 this group    
      began calling itself Damdami Taksal. (Hardeep Singh Dibdiba: *Saka Neela Tara ton baad Tabahee ki   
     Twareekh*, pages 58-60).
     *[3]* Giani Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala headed a great militant movement against the Indian regime and   
      fought one of the greatest battles of the history of the world; among the leaders of the Sikh nation he is    
      considered as the greatest hero since Banda Singh Bahadur (1670-1716).
     *[4]* For details see: volume 7 of this *Sikh History*, pp 16-29
      *[5]* *Ibid*
     *[6]* For more information: Hardip Singh Dibdiba, *op. cit.,* pp 129-134.
     *[7]* On this day the Chowk Mehta Dera and Jatha Bhindran Mehta acknowledged the martyrdom of Giani       Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala (in order to establish Harnam Dhumma as full-fledged chief of the Jatha); this  
      also implied that they had accepted that Thakar Singh and other persons associated with the Jatha and         the Dera had been telling lies for 21 years and had been committing sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib by     
      saying so.

      *[8]* He had returned to India on the 11th of April 2001; his relative Sucha Singh Langah had managed his       return with the help of Badal.
      *[9]* *The Tribune*, dated 3.1.2005
     *[10] * Rajinder Singh Mehta too played a mediator Badal and Harnam Dhumma ( *The Tribune*, dated    
      3.1.2005).
     *[11]* Most of the Sikh organisations boycotted or  ignored this function; prominent Sikh leaders and    
      organizations, including Bhai Ranjit Singh, Simranjeet Singh Mann, Jathedar Ram Singh (chief of the   
      other faction of Jatha Bhindran-Mehta), Dal Khalsa, Akhand Kirtani Jatha , Khalra Mission Committee,   
      International Human Rights Organization (IHRO) and several others boycotted it. Many of the critics billed       it to be nothing more than  a meaningless show and gathering of (so-called) Babas of various*deraas* and       *maryadas *; Bhai Ranjit Singh (former caretaker Akal Takht) called it  a conclave of  *Saadhs*and police        cats , while others have labelled it  an orchestration of the Indian intelligence agencies.
     *[12]* For more information: Hardip Singh Dibdiba, *op. cit.,* pp 135-143.