Chandigarh, April 14
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann On Thursday attacked Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia, alleging that his forefathers hosted dinner for Colonel Reginald Dyer who was involved in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Hitting back, Majithia accused the chief minister of being a “slave” to the Central government and betraying Punjab.
Hundreds of people protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act, which granted the colonial administration repressive powers, were gunned down by British forces under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer without any provocation on April 13, 1919, at Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab’s Amritsar.
Dyre was then holding the temporary rank of Brigadier General.