Opinion April 29, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Sethi’s Warning
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee authorities in the Golden Temple have been given one week to hand over the assailant in the Atwal murder case, Home Minister, P C Sethi said.
If the SGPC does not hand over the assailant, the government will take stern action, Sethi warned while replying to notice in the Rajya Sabha.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee authorities in the Golden Temple have been given one week to hand over the assailant in the Atwal murder case, Home Minister, P C Sethi said. If the SGPC does not hand over the assailant, the government will take stern action, Sethi warned while replying to notice in the Rajya Sabha.
On Akali Agitation
The Punjab Chief Minister, Darbara Singh, met the Governor, A P Sharma, his third such meeting to exchange notes on the political situation in the context of Akali agitation and the law and order situation highlighted by the assassination of DIG A S Atwal outside the Golden Temple. On reports of dropping of ministers siding with the state Congress (I) Legislature Party dissidents, observers are of the view that such a step was unlikely.
Sri Lanka Assurance
Sri Lankan President J R Jayewardene told the visiting Indian Minister for External Affairs, P V Narasimha Rao, that he had decided to solve the residual problem of statelessness of persons of Indian origin in Sri Lanka. Rao said the topic had been one of the issues which came up for discussion during their brief breakfast meeting.
Threat To NAM
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has warned that the situation in the South Asian region would be “greatly complicated” if Pakistan provided base facilities to the US rapid deployment force. “Pakistan’s providing base facilities to US rapid deployment force would certainly go against the spirit of the (nonaligned) declaration on the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace. It would also greatly complicate the situation in our part of the world”, said PM Gandhi.
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