BHATINDA: Six panthic organizations on Monday succeeded in holding a congregation at Talwandi Sabo (Damdama Sahib) about 30 km from here when they captured the SGPC stage at Dewan Hall there on the occasion of Baisakhi day celebrations.
The congregation endorsed the Anandpur Sahib resolution adopted by the six panthic organizations last month demanding an independent Sikh state.
In all six resolutions read out by one Mr. Kabul Singh Tungh a spokesman of the Akali Dal (Mann) were passed by raising of hands amid shouting of Pro Bhindranwale slogans.
The resolutions also demanded resignation of village sarpanches and panches by June 6 establishment of Khalsa panchayats boycott of panchayat polls if announced by the government boycott of MPs MLA and ministers of the newly elected Beant Singh government and called for a ban on their entry in villages.
The resolutions also caused by boycott of government functions and sales of wheat and appealed to the united nations (UN) to extend its support to the Sikh struggle and to condemn the arrest of Sikh leaders and “siege” of the Talwandi Sabo Gurdwara by the police.
A message of the Bharati Kisan Union (Lakhowal) was also read out by Mr. Meghraj Butter on the occasions It appealed to the farmers to boycott mandis and not to bring their produce there from May 1 to May 7
The gathering was also addressed by Akali Dal (T) chief Jagdev Singh Talwandi former minister Balwinder Singh Bhuder Mr. Harcharan Singh Rode Mr. Tarlok Singh Mr. Jasbir Singh Ghuman AISSF acting president and many other Sikh leaders from Punjab and Haryana SGPC member and AISSF general secretary Gurkirpal Singh was also present on the stage.
The Panthic committee and its five associated militant outfits forced unity and reiterated their stand to continue their struggle for achieving the goal.
A newly formed militant outfit “Khalistan Tiger Force headed by Paramjit Singh Pamma also issued a written statement appealing to police not to clash with them as the government policies were allegedly aimed at dividing Punjabis. However the organization made it clear that this appeal should not be construed as a sign of any weakness and they would give a stronger reply to any police action.
The Babbar Sikh Vidyarthi Sangthan also distributed its literature at the venue of the meeting despite heavy police and CRPF deployment a huge crowd thronged the Manji Sahib Diwan Hall at Talwandi Sabo. About half a million people participated in the Baisakhi celebrations there which are known as the fifth Takhat of the Sikh.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 24, 1992
