This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 26, 1984.
The five-member committee appointed by Harchand Singh Longowal has reportedly exonerated Gurcharan Singh, secretary of the Akali Dal, of his alleged involvement in a conspiracy leading to the murder of Surinder Singh Sodhi on April 14. It has asked Longowal to dismiss Gurcharan Singh as secretary of the Dal; the latter has resigned.
Debate On Privileges
A meeting of the presiding officers of Parliament and legislatures authorised Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar to take necessary steps to protect the parliamentary privileges. Attended by 33 presiding officers, the meeting also felt that the Constitution should be amended to make the position with regard to the privileges of the legislature and the independence and dignity of the judiciary clear.
Oil From Mexico
Mexico will assist India in oil exploration as part of the multifaceted economic co-operation agreed upon during the final round of talks between President Zail Singh, and his Mexican counterpart, Miguel de la Madrid. Mexico is the fourth largest petroleum producing country in the world. The whole gamut of relations between the two countries will be discussed at the meeting of the joint Indo-Mexican Commission at Mexico City.
Indian Library Stoned
Militant demonstrators belonging to the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami threw stones at the Indian Information Service Library in Dhaka. The police intervened with batons to disperse the estimated 700 demonstrators who were protesting against the firing by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) twice during the past one week in which one Bangladeshi soldier was killed and another injured.
