This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 10, 1985.
Jan 10, 2025 07:45 IST First published on: Jan 10, 2025 at 07:45 IST
HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER Bhajan Lal said the government had always protected Sikhs and would continue to do so. Property worth Rs 2 crore was estimated to have been destroyed in the violence in Haryana. Answering a question about his resolve to end corruption, Lal said district-level meetings would be held to ensure a clean administration.
Proposal Rejected
COMMENTING ON THE proposal made by the Akali leader, Surjan Singh Thekedar, the AICC (I) general secretary Srikant Verma said the people had already given a verdict on the secessionist nature of the demand. Verma said that in any case, courts were not the forum to decide such issues.
Cartoon On PM
IN RESPONSE TO a report in The Indian Express, January 9, 1985 edition, ‘Rajiv’s guidelines on administrative reforms,’ cartoonist Ravi Shankar created a graphic. On the left is a speech bubble drawn, words being said by the government, that says, “Sahib is in a meeting.” Lined up outside are the Indian people who spell out the word “Grievances,” which has been capitalised. On the top of the graphic are cut-outs of the report’s headlines and sub-headlines that read “guidelines on administrative reforms” and “ministries reorganised.”
Mob Burns Bus
A HARYANA ROADWAYS bus was burnt, and its driver was severely beaten up by a mob outraged at the death of a middle-aged man in an accident near Majnu Ka Tila on the outer ring road. The bus was coming to ISBT from Hisar and a middle-aged man was crushed under the fast-moving vehicle. Soon, a crowd collected there from nearby slum dwellings. First, they beat up driver Ram Gopal, and then they burnt the vehicle.
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