Opinion July 24, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Rajiv-Longowal Meet
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 24, 1985.
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on July 24, 1985. 
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Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the Akali Dal chief, Harchand Singh Longowal, met for over half an hour in an effort to solve the Punjab problem. It was followed by another meeting between two aides of Longowal and the members of the political affairs committee of the cabinet. According to informed sources, the trend was hopeful.
Optimism In Punjab
There was general optimism in Punjab over the talks between the Centre and the Akali Dal leaders in New Delhi with various political parties including the Congress-I, the BJP and the CPI(M) welcoming the fresh initiative. The only notes of dissent came from the merged Akali Dal of Joginder Singh and the All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF).
More Die In Gujarat
At least six persons were killed, three in bomb blasts and three in stabbings, in different incidents in Ahmedabad city, taking the toll in violence to 45 since the withdrawal of the Army. The police fired a dozen rounds in the Kach-ni-Masjid locality in the Jamalpur area to disperse a mob pelting police pickets with stones. In another incident in the Jamalpur area, an SRP jawan fired one round in the air to scare away two pedestrians who were attacking an autorickshaw driver. Two people were arrested in connection with the incident.
Rent Control
The Delhi Metropolitan Council passed some amendments watering down the legislative proposals to change the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. While Opposition members described the proposals as grossly anti-tenant, ruling party members expressed this feeling through amendments aimed at toning down some of the proposals heavily favouring landlords.
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