KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
21-May-1991
Seven persons, including a professor, a librarian and five AISSF (Bittu) students in the Punjabi University, Patiala were arrested for distributing sweets and chanting objectionable slogans following the death of Rajiv Gandhi.
16-May-1991
In their election manifesto, SAD (B) called for increased autonomy for the state and proposed amending the Constitution to establish India as a federation of sovereign states.
15-May-1991
The creation of the Khalsa Raj Party was announced by Retired Colonel Partap Singh, with the goal of establishing a self-governing and sovereign Sikh homeland.
11-May-1991
The President of SGPC, Baldev Singh Sibia, headed a delegation to Rataul village to investigate the police encounter and offered a compensation of INR 1 Lakh to the village Panchayat for the losses incurred during the incident.
10-May-1991
The SAD (P) stated in its election manifesto that its main objective was to work towards achieving the "Glory of the Panth and Punjab".
10-May-1991
In a statement, the Five-Member Committee (rode) declined to acknowledge SS Mann as their leader and instead urged Baba Joginder Singh to assume control of the party.
09-May-1991
SS Mann issued a warning to Rajiv Gandhi in which he stated that if the elections in Punjab were delayed, subsequent elections in the state would be organized under the supervision of the United Nations (UN).
08-May-1991
DIG (Border Range) S Ajit Singh IPS and five other police officers were killed in a 48-hour long encounter with Khalistani militants in Rataul village of Amritsar district.
03-May-1991
During a Shaheedi Samagam held in Amritsar, Major General (Retd) Narinder Singh, Vice President of PHRO, asserted that "Azadi" is an inherent right belonging to the Sikh community.
03-May-1991
A dissident faction of SAD (M), headed by Baba Joginder Singh Rode, formed a committee of five members to investigate the improprieties allegedly carried out by SS Mann in the allocation of party tickets.
02-May-1991
In a statement, Kanshi Ram of BSP announced conditional support to Akali Dals, on the condition that they pledge to address the issues faced by Punjab within the framework of the Indian Constitution.
28-Apr-1991
Captain Amarinder Singh declared the creation of a new party named Akali Dal Panthic.
28-Apr-1991
Government successfully conducted civic polls for the Jalandhar, Ludhiana, and Amritsar Municipal Corporations.
27-Apr-1991
Malkiat Singh Sidhu, a former Minister and SAD (B) candidate for the Moga and Bagha Purana Vidhan Sabha constituencies, was killed by militants, resulting in the cancellation of the elections.
24-Apr-1991
SAD (L) has chosen to resurrect its old Dal with Kabal Singh as acting President, and has distanced itself from SAD (M) in order to run in the elections independently.
24-Apr-1991
Babbar Akali Dal decided to boycott the elections, as they believe that holding elections would not provide a solution to the problems faced by Punjab.
23-Apr-1991
PS Badal decided to revive his party with the intention of contesting elections independently.
22-Apr-1991
The government issued a notification for the Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha elections to be held in Punjab on June 22.
22-Apr-1991
SSF (Mehta and Chawla) declared the decision to boycott the Punjab elections.
18-Apr-1991
The Congress (I) announced its decision to boycott the elections in Punjab.
14-Apr-1991
SS Mann announced his desire to contest the election with the goal of advocating for a sovereign and independent Sikh State.
14-Apr-1991
P.C (Sohan Singh) called for a boycott of the election.
14-Apr-1991
R.S. Mehta urged the creation of Khalsa Panchayats in villages as a preliminary step towards establishing a parallel government in Punjab within a year with the support of P.C. Zaffarwal.
13-Apr-1991
P.C (Monochahal) decided to extend political recognition to AISSF (Manjit Group).
25-Mar-1991
AISSF (M) recognised Gurbachan Sing Manochahal, who had earlier declared himself as Jathedar of Akal Takhat on June, 4, 1986.