Nothing is going well in Punjab these days. After the continuous killings, the Bhagwant Mann government is on the target of the opposition. There is also an increase in the activities of Khalistan supporters.
Meanwhile, once again on the anniversary of Operation Blue Star, efforts are being made to spoil the atmosphere in the state. Khalistan supporters today raised slogans of ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ by holding posters of Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Bhindranwale at the entrance of Golden Temple in Amritsar.
The atmosphere in Punjab has become tense as the anniversary of Operation Blue Star approaches, in view of which the police have made elaborate security arrangements at all places including Amritsar.
Two days ago, posters of Khalistan and anti-India slogans have been put up by some mischievous elements in Kalanaur area of Gurdaspur in Punjab. Whereas today radical organizations have also announced Amritsar Bandh. The police is engaged in the investigation of the whole matter.
Khalistan became a thing of the past after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the horrific period of anti-Sikh riots that followed. But some incidents in the last few months indicate the discovery of a buried axe. In the light of these developments, there is a need for an understanding of the movement’s development, disintegration and reappearance.
Last month, on May 8, Khalistan flags were found at the main gate of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly complex in Dharamsala. On May 9, just a day after the state police seized an IED loaded with RDX from Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, a Pakistan-made rocket-propelled grenade explosion was reported from the Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali.
#WATCH | Punjab: A group of people gathers at the entrance to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, raises pro-Khalistan slogans and carries posters of Khalistani separatist Jarnail Bhindranwale. pic.twitter.com/zTu9ro7934
— ANI (@ANI) June 6, 2022
