Opinion June 15, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Army Casualties
The Army to suffer very heavy casualties in the bloodiest event ever witnessed by the Golden Temple complex. Lt Gen K Sundarji said that he was told by the government to flush out extremists in a way that no damage was caused to the Harmandir Sahib and there were minimum killings.
The Army strictly adhered to these instructions and preferred to bear losses in its own ranks.
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The Army, in its endeavour to avoid any damage to the Harmandir Sahib, had to suffer very heavy casualties in the bloodiest event ever witnessed by the Golden Temple complex. Lt Gen K Sundarji said that he was told by the government to flush out extremists in a way that no damage was caused to the Harmandir Sahib and there were minimum killings. The Army strictly adhered to these instructions and preferred to bear losses in its own ranks.
Assam Bandh
Breaking a lull of four-and-a-half months, the Assam agitators have given a call for a 24 hours bandh in support of a solution to foreign national problems. The government has tightened the security in the wake of the bandh and over 70 preventive arrests have been made in the Brahmaputra valley.
Pakistan Budget
Pakistan hiked its defence expenditure by a record 20 per cent, allocating it Rs 30,375 million, or about 30 per cent of the Rs 98,550 million budget for 1984-85. This would push up Pakistan defence expenditure by Rs 5,156 million over the budgeted figure of Rs 25,219 million last year and would account for about 46 per cent of the non-development current expenditure. The overall size of the budget for 1984-85 will be higher by 10.6 per cent.
Jayewardene In India
The unresolved problem of Sri Lankan Tamils is expected to figure prominently during the talks between J R Jayewardene and the Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi, when the Sri Lankan President pays a three day official visit to New Delhi from June 30. The visit, which is at the invitation of Mrs Gandhi, would be taking place at the end of Jayewardene’s state visits to the United States and the United Kingdom.
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