KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
25-Feb-1992
Beant Singh was sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab along with 26 ministers.
25-Feb-1992
GS Tohra issued a press statement appealing to Punjabis to boycott the newly elected MLAs/Ministers and not to allow them to enter villages/localities, as they were representatives of only 10% of the total voters.
21-Feb-1992
The Congress party secured 12 Lok Sabha seats and 87 Vidhan Sabha seats. BJP won 6 Vidhan Sabha seats, CP1-4, SAD (K)-3, CPM-1, JD-1, UCPI-1, while IND and others secured 5 seats. Additionally, the BSP won 9 Vidhan Sabha seats and 1 Lok Sabha seat.
19-Feb-1992
One person was killed and 17 others were injured in a bomb explosion near the polling camp office of the Congress candidate for Ludhiana (E) Constituency.
19-Feb-1992
Peaceful elections were held for 115 Vidhan Sabha and 13 Lok Sabha constituencies.
18-Feb-1992
The call for a Punjab Bandh by the Shrimoni Panthic Action Committee and militants to protest against the holding of elections evoked a substantial response.
16-Feb-1992
Eight BSP workers who were campaigning for the party candidate for Nakodar Constituency were shot dead, and seven others were injured.
15-Feb-1992
One person was killed and 20 others were injured in a bomb explosion at the house of the Congress-I candidate for Ludhiana (E) Vidhan Sabha Constituency.
14-Feb-1992
Eighteen Congress-I workers who were campaigning in Nabha were injured in a bomb explosion, which was lobbed at their vehicle by militants.
11-Feb-1992
Tohra was arrested by Ropar Police in a sedition case registered at Civil Lines Police Station, Patiala, in order to foil the proposed "Poll Boycott March" from Anandpur Sahib by SPAC.
10-Feb-1992
K.S. Narang was detained under the NSA by Ropar police and is currently lodged in Central Jail Patiala.
08-Feb-1992
P.S. Badal, SS Mann, and Bhai Manjit Singh were arrested by the Bathinda police under TADA.
07-Feb-1992
The Shrimoni Panthic Action Committee has decided to organize a poll boycott March starting from Anandpur Sahib on February 11.
04-Feb-1992
Sukhjinder Singh, President of SAD-S announced to boycott elections.
30-Jan-1992
Badal has expelled Sukhjinder Singh from the party for a period of five years due to his involvement in anti-party activities.
28-Jan-1992
Senior AISSF (Presidium) leaders announced that they would not recognize the Shrimoni Panthic Action Committee.
27-Jan-1992
Nine policemen, including Superintendent of Police (SP) Batala and the deputy chief of KCF, Sukhjinder Singh alias Pappu alias Gora were killed in an encounter in the PS Qadian area of Gurdaspur. Additionally, five others were injured.
25-Jan-1992
Under the directions of Wassan Singh Zaffarwal, Sukhjinder Singh announced the formation of his own party. He stated that Sikhs were a separate nation and had the right to self-determination. He also justified armed and democratic struggle as means to achieve this goal.
23-Jan-1992
Four volunteers of BJP's Ekta Yatra were killed, and 20 others were injured when extremists fired upon two buses near Mehtan village in Phagwara, Kapurthala district.
23-Jan-1992
A gang led by Satnam Singh alias Chhina of BTFK, opened fire at a patrolling party of the GRP near Koti Railway Station in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh.
21-Jan-1992
In a six-member Shrimoni Panthic Action Committee, H.S. Rode demanded the excommunication of those participating in the elections, while K.S. Narang rejected the constitution.
17-Jan-1992
The Shrimoni Panthic Action Committee meeting in Ludhiana ratified the decision to boycott the elections and declared that whoever participated in the elections would be considered a traitor forever.
16-Jan-1992
A "Maha bandh" was observed in Chandigarh in response to the call given by SJP, BJP, Yuva Janata Dal, and Chandigarh Citizens Council. The bandh was organized in protest against the proposed transfer of the city to Punjab.
15-Jan-1992
Dr. Daler Singh Buttar, convener of SSF-B, clarified in a statement that the aim of the organization was the formation of a sovereign Sikh State.
15-Jan-1992
Sher Singh Doomchheri, President of Youth Akali Dal (YAD-B), along with his gunman, was shot dead near Katron village, Sherpur in Sangrur.