Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said that the Akali threat of grain blockade far from helping to solve the Punjab problem will complicate it
In a dramatic development, 15 Sikkim MLAs, led by the former chief minister, Nar Bahadur Bhandari, quit the Congress (I) and announced the formation of a new regional party, the Sikkim Sangram Parishad. With Bhandari and his sympathisers’ exit, the fortnight-old government of B B Gurung is reduced to a minority.
Zia’s Peace Offensive
The Pakistan President, Gen Ziaul Haq, has said that establishing lasting peace and friendship between India and Pakistan will be “peanuts”, given the political will on both sides. “If there is political will which, it seems, is there on both sides, I am sure we will be able to achieve much better results in the forthcoming months” , Gen Zia said. “We are going all out with the peace offensive, taking all measures on the media, on the television, greater exchange of delegations, journalists, intellectuals, educationists.”
8 Killed In Punjab
Terrorists shot dead at least eight persons travelling in a car near Tehri village in Ludhiana district in Punjab. Official reports said that the car was stopped by three unidentified persons on a motorcycle who sprayed bullets on the passengers. Of the nine occupants seven died on the spot while the eighth succumbed to injuries in a hospital. The ninth occupant is seriously injured. The victims were commission agents.
PM On Akali Threat
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said that the Akali threat of grain blockade far from helping to solve the Punjab problem will complicate it. Mrs Gandhi said that it was the duty of every citizen to isolate the terrorists. She added that the morale of the police was now high and they were capturing the terrorists.
