The Great Punjab Show-Down
courtesy tribuneindia
Radical Sikh organisation Dal Khalsa and allainces such as Khalsa Action Committee (KAC), Damdami Taksal, Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak committee (DSGPC) and Shiromani Panthic Council today called off a one-day strike against the 1984 anti- Sikh riots demanding justice denied for the last 25 years. “We want the deaf government in the center to listen to our demands,” Dal Khalsa leader Kanwarpal Singh said.
Several trains at the Amritsar Railway station have been detained as a show of mass agitation. The Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, Sachkhand Express, Dadar Express, Superfast Express and other trains were stopped by the activists.
Shops , petrol pumps, some banks and major schools in various cities were shut down. Police stopped youth activists roaming around the city with kirpans (swords)
Even Rajpura town, 40 km from Chandigarh experienced road and traffic blocks. Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal urged that protests should be peaceful. “We will ensure that law and order is maintained. People can protest peacefully,” Badal commented.
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