From News Dispatches JALLANDHAR: The president of All India Sikh Students Federation, Manjit Singh and its general secretary Harminder Singh Sandhu, called Central government’s attempt to raise the issue of Anandpur Sahib Resolution an election stunt to capture vote banks,
Power To Akalis
The raising of this issue is also an attempt to give some power to the Akali Dal so that it can continue to serve the interests of the Central Government, rather than represent the true aspirations of the Sikhs, they said.
The Anandpur Sahib resolution was the accepted document of Sikh politics till 1984 but the brutal attack on the Golden Temple in June 1984 changed all that, they said.
Complete Freedom
The Sikhs now want complete freedom from the shocker of Indian constitution and want to establish their own rule from the Akal Takhat, they said, The federation would not allow anyone to bargain for anything less than the complete freedom, they said.
In related news, Bhai Kulwant Singh Khukhrana member of the Adhock Committee of AISSF, Naib Singh president of the Faridkot AISSF, Pritpal Singh president of the AISSF Muktsar and other leaders said that central governments killing of Sikh youths daily was most reprehensible.
Govt Killing Innocent They asked the entire Sikh community to forget its differences and face this onslaught by thecentre they said.
The government should not imagine that the killing of innocent Sikh youths will stop the struggle on the contrary it makes the community even more determined, they added.
They also expressed their serious concern at the daily killing of innocent people, the incidents of looting and other petty crimes. This was being done by the agents of the Central Government to give the freedom fighters a bad name, they alleged.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 19, 1989
