* At a Shahidi Conference held in a Gurdwara at Ludhiana, the Rajiv Longowal accord was rejected in total.

* A sizeable number of Hindu Industrialists of Punjab have purchased industrial plots at near Delhi and also in U.P., Gurgaon, Faridabad, Delhi, Panipat and Gaziabad. * The proposal for an All India Gurdwaras Act is one of the most dangerous clauses of the Punjab accord”, says Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister.

* The term of the Eradi Tribunal Constituted by the Union Government, to quantify the water used by the farmers in Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab which expires on July 1, 1985 is likely to be extended up to Jan. 2, 1987.

* Rajiv must take the bull by the horns and talk to the representative’s of the All India Sikh Student Federation and Damdami Taksal. If the present leadership leader ship has failed, an alternative should be tried, Mr. SiS. Bhatti, a Bombay businessman.

* The family whose members fight is destroyed. That nation whose communities fight is destroyed” Pritam Singh Sohi of Patna.

While lakhs of rupees are spent on Rajiv Gandhi’s security, is the life of a top army General so insignificant that he was only given a Head Constable”, Shashi Varadarayan in India Today.

*The massive manhunt by General AS, Vaidya’s assassins is like looking for needle in a haystack” a senior police officer.

 Any fundamental change in form, style and substance causes insecurity in the Congress (1) party, Mr. Gandhi can either press in with positive change, rising above short term set backs, or compromise with the nexus of communalism, castes, corruption and inefficiency under which his mother prospered.” Shekher Gupta in the Wall Street Journal.

*Mr. Gandhi’s basic problem is to free his decision making from communal political and business lobbies. Shekhar Gupta in the Wall Street Journal.

* A bid is being made by the Sikh five priests to forge unity in the Sheromani Akali Dal.

 The police has arrested Rachhpji an army deserter, who is alleged to have killed Brig. S.C. Puri and two other army officers at Ramgarh  1984.

* the National Conference (F) has warned that if the J&K State Assembly is not dissolved and fresh elections are not held in the state it will “severely prejudice national interest and alienage people from the national mainstream.

Article extracted from this publication >> October 10, 1986