Dalits are planning to join hands with militant organisations to counter the antireservation movement in Punjab. They are planning 4 militant organisation called the Dalit Commando Force. To work for the implementation of the Mandal report. This was decided in the wake of the aggressive pro Mandal stance of the militant outfits operating in Punjab and the support extended to the Dalits by the various Akali Dal factions in their common quest of putting an end to the monopoly of a “handful of Brahmins and Banias. “The panthic Committee (Dr. Sohan Singh) and four militant organizations allied to it the Babbar Khalsa, Khalistan Commando Force (Panjwad), Khalistan Liberation Force (Budhsinghwala) and the All India Sikh Students Federation in a joint press release earlier had said that if the antireservationists “continued with their activities, the Khalistan Mujahids would join hands with the Dalits and take proper action against them.” The militants further said that they would stand with the downtrodden in their hour of need. They also asked the people to oppose the antireservation stir “In the holy land of Khalistan.” They also maintained that any agitation “to be launched in Khalistan requires the permission of the “Khalistan administration.” Simranjit Singh Mann, president of Akali Dal (Mann) went to the extent of saying that the Dalits are welcome to embrace Sikhism to fight the “brahminical order and social injustice.”
NEW DELHI : Scientists here have produced the world’s first genetically engineered vaccine to prevent pregnancy, it was reported here Nov 29 at a conference organised by the world health organisation here.
JAIPU: Up to 60% of the rural population in India suffers from various intestinal diseases caused by worm infestations and protozoal infections, a leading gastroenterologist has said.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 7, 1990
