Gyani Ji,
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Malhotra is his surname. Do you think, as the Jatt population is orthodox in Punjab, they would have supported a so-called 'BHAPPA', as it is said, which I dont subscribe to absolutely. This ploy MIGHT have been cause, to counter the effect. If I was there in his time, I would have supported him, since he being the General of the Sikhs, but after his failure, No one could have convinced me to believe otherwise.