Punishing Rajiv Gandhi: Two Moments

Michael Roberts 

The Thuppahi items on the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi have recently attracted a range of “Hits” …. that is, visitors/viewers. I am puzzled as to why; but list them below – with added reference to the first hit on Rajiv on 30^th April 1987 when a Sinhala nationalist seaman from Ratgama attempted to assail him for imposing what is known as the “Indo-Lanka Pact” on Sri Lanka in a conscious move to assist the Tamil liberation movement. Wijemuni De Silva’s blow in fact hit Rajiv’s shoulder in a glancing blow because of the Prime Minister’s quick reaction. It could have been fatal (see “Clobbering …….…,” at https://thuppahis.com/2019/08/08/clobbering-rajiv-gandhi-as-chastisement-in-1987-a-guti-dheema/).

Kaarthikeyen’s book on his excellent investigation is a must-read on the topic.

Annadoure, courtesy of the Sri Lanka Guardian and Times Now TV …. …………. SEE http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2012/01/inside-story-rajiv-gandhi-assassination.htmlfor Part I et seq AND http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/01/killing_rajiv_gandhi_dhanus_sa.htmlf

Michael Roberts: “Killing Rajiv Gandhi: Dhanu’s sacrificial metamorphosis in death?  n South Asian History and Culture, Vol. 1, Number 1 …  http://www.informaworld.com/rsac

• https://thuppahis.com/2011/09/11/ltte-consumed-rajiv-and-now-drama-in-court-and-off-court/
• https://thuppahis.com/2012/11/04/the-rajiv-gandhi-assassination-the-inside-story-part-four/
• https://thuppahis.com/2014/02/20/assassins-at-large-the-rajiv-gandhi-kill-of-1991/
• https://thuppahis.com/2015/12/16/rajivs-killer-nalini-sriharan-seeks-early-release/
• https://thuppahis.com/2018/09/11/is-the-release-of-rajiv-gandhis-killers-imminent-modi-governments-dilemma/
• https://thewire.in/rights/rajiv-gandhi-killing-convicts-wait-longer-for-release-tamilnad