Opinion October 2, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Security forces storm Golden Temple Complex again
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on October 02, 1984, Forty Years Ago.
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on October 02, 1984, Forty Years Ago. 
Within 48 hours of the withdrawal, the security forces stormed the Golden Temple Complex to flush out a large crowd listening to and responding to pro-Bhindranwale and pro-Khalistan slogans raised from the Akal Takht buildings by about 300 youths who had earlier forced their way into the Temple.
Government Response
The government has instructed the Punjab authorities to deal severely and sternly with any anti-national activity in the Golden Temple Complex. The police will not hesitate to enter the premises again if these activities are continued, warned authorities sources. According to sources, the government had information that extremists would try to occupy the place again and the officers talking to the priests and SGPC leaders had warned them.
J&K Council Chaos
While the Deputy Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council Attaullah Suhrawardi was barred from entering the House, M K Tickoo, law minister in the late Sheikh Abdullah’s cabinet, was elected chairman amid slogan shouting, fist-fighting and unprecedented pandemonium. As Suhrawardi approached the entrance preceded by the marshal, the plainclothes man did not allow them to go in.
Opposition Merger
The Lok Dal national executive authorised its president Charan Singh to take all necessary steps for the consolidation, unification and merger of all like-minded parties and alliance and adjustment of seats with other opposition parties. In its resolution on opposition unity, the national executive reaffirmed the party’s commitment to prevent the split of opposition votes in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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