KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
India 07-Dec-1989
Students observe a strike called by DPSU (CPML) and held rallies in various colleges demanding punishment of police officers for killing Sikh youth and the leaders responsible for November 84 riots.
India 10-Dec-1989
Dissensions crop up in SAD (M) meeting at Amritsar over appointment of Baba Joginder Singh as Patron and acceptance of Jasbir Singh Rode as Akal Takht Jathedar. J.S. Khudian, Bimal Kaur Khalsa and Dhian Singh Mand and others walkout of the meeting demanding their goal to be in accordance with wishes of Bhindranwale, and criticised the Anandpur Sahib Resolution as outdated.
India 10-Dec-1989
Punjab Unit of PHRO observes Human Right Day as protest day at Amritsar, where H.S. Sandhu clarifies that they are not extremists or separatists but wanted to establish their own “Raj” which might be called Khalistan.
India 13-Dec-1989
The president of AISSF, Bhai Manjit Singh, J.S. Rode, Jaswant Singh Zaffarwal, Sukhwant Singh Akanwali, Sucha Singh (MP) and others describe the victory of UAD (M) in elections as a beginning for the creation of Khalsa Raj and warn police officers against staging fake encounters.
India 17-Dec-1989
AISSF calls for a Punjab Bandh on January 1, 1990, demanding punishment for November 1984 riots and an end to fake police encounters.
India 19-Dec-1989
The chief organiser of AISSF, Rajinder Mehta released from Sangrur jail. Talking to newsmen, Mehta and Sandhu reiterate their goal is the creation of Khalistan for which they would never seek-foreign aid. Urging that power should be handed over to Sikhs in a peaceful manner to avoid an armed struggle, they also demanded the arrest of Rajiv Gandhi and his associates who were responsible for the killing of Sikhs in Delhi.
India 24-Dec-1989
PHRO decides to organize conferences in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Ropar, Patiala and Faridkot districts to press the Central Government to initiate legal action against police officers who had killed Sikh youth, molested women and extorted huge sums of money.
India 25-Dec-1989
Dhanna Singh, one of the members of the five-member Panthic Committee, released from jail, reiterates that Khalistan was their main demand and they would continue their struggle for its creation.
India 26-Dec-1989
At AISSF conference, Manjit Singh Mohali, Joginder Singh Popi, Jagroop Singh (Daljit group) and Harminder Singh Gill, AISSF- Manjit declare that they want to create Khalistan or a separate State of Sikhs. Several resolutions - justifying the demand for Khalistan, expressing faith in armed struggle, declaring Harjinder Singh Jinda and Sukhdev Singh Sukha as “Live Martyrs”, warning those desirous of capturing power ignoring sacrifices of youths, describing Gurnam Singh Buttar as Shaheed, appealing to UN to recognize Punjab as Khalistan State, recognizing Manochahal as Jathedar Akal Takht and appealing to in charge of Kar Sewas to Give funds to militants - passed.
India 26-Dec-1989
SS Mann, at Fatehgarh Sahib, says that his goal was the same as fixed by Sant Bhindranwale. He calls upon people to prepare lists of civil and police officers who had committed atrocities against them so that they could be punished accordingly.
India 28-Dec-1989
Khalistani terrorists ambush an Army Convoy near Jethuwal village in Amritsar District and injure eight jawans. The driver of the Army team succumbs to his injuries later.
India 28-Dec-1989
Jagdev Singh Khudian, MP goes “missing” from his native village.