Latest On Punjab Bandh

[Mehtab Singh]

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071214/ldh1.htm#15

Bandh today; 50 detained

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 13

The city police took more than 50 persons belonging to various Hindu and Sikh organisations under preventive custody to avoid untoward incident on a bandh call given by some Hindu organisations tomorrow and call by Sikh organisations to protest the bandh.

SSP R K Jaiswal said two companies of the Punjab Armed Police have been requisitioned to keep the city peaceful.

Apart from that, anti-riot squad will be deployed all over the city to ward off any trouble.

Stay tuned, watch this space, and keep your eyes open. And I was right, they just HAD TO use the terms "Hindu" and "Sikh" to give it a communal color and add spice.

[japmans]

God, i HATE when i get this feeling

that "maintaining peace" just means "wrestling down as many Singhs as psosible"

[lsingh]

God, i HATE when i get this feeling

that "maintaining peace" just means "wrestling down as many Singhs as psosible"

Opposition to Punjab Bandh

Many SAD (A) leaders arrested

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 12

The Punjab police today arrested many leaders of the SAD (Amritsar) across

the state.

Police raids at the homes of party workers were carried out when the top leadership of the party was presenting a memorandum to the Governor at Chandigarh seeking government intervention to prevent Punjab bandh on December 14.

The call for the bandh has been given by the Shiv Sena and the RSS in protest against the installation of a portrait of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale at the Sikh Museum in Amritsar.

Speaking to The Tribune from an undisclosed location, the general secretary of the party, Prof Ram Singh, said the police had raided his house in Amritsar while he was away to Chandigarh.

The police also raided the homes of party president Simranjit Singh Mann and many other functionaries. He said the raids were conducted in Sangrur, Amritsar, Fatehgarh Sahib and several other locations.

In Gurdaspur, the police detained the father of district president of the party Sawinder Tajampur when they could not find the latter.

In a typical Punjab police style of functioning and in utter disregard to law, the police left a message for Tajampur saying that he should present himself at the police station if he wanted his father released, Prof Ram Singh said.

Terming it “double standards” and “murder of democracy” by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the general secretary said Badal approved the unveiling of the portrait by the SGPC and now he was facilitating the Shiv Sena to protest against the move by arresting the SAD (Amritsar) workers, who had announced to hold a peaceful protest march to oppose the bandh.

He said the party was determined to hold a peaceful march at all district headquarters despite all government restrictions.

Earlier in the day, the party leadership, led by Mann, submitted a memorandum to the Punjab Governor, Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), protesting the government’s move to prevent their peaceful opposition of the band call.

Shiv Sena chief held

Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 12

Nearly 12 Shiv Sena (Hindustan) activists allegedly burnt photograph and an ‘effigy’ of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale on the Rajpura road here today.

SSP S.K. Asthana however, claimed only photograph of Bhindranwale was burnt and “not his effigy.”

Sena workers converged near ‘Hanuman Mandir’ on the Rajpura road and allegedly burnt an “effigy “of Bhindranwale.

They came there at 2.30 p.m. with their faces covered, burnt the effigy. None of them could be arrested till late in the night even as the police has registered a case against them under Section 153-A of the IPC.

Certain organisations are opposing the installation of Bhindranwale’s portrait in the Sikh museum at Amritsar and the SAD(A) was justifying it.

Meanwhile, to foil the December 14 ‘Punjab bandh’ of the Shiv Sena (Hindustan) the police made preventive arrest of the organisation chief Pawan Kumar Gupta .

Earlier, in the afternoon commotion gripped the city when heavy police force was deployed on routes leading to houses of Shiv Sena and SAD (A) workers and leaders.

The Shiv Sena (Hindustan) leaders who, were arrested along with Pawan Kumar Gupta included, Inderjit Dhiman, Sudhir Kaushik, Bans Raj, Mintoo Singla, and Rajiv Kumar Joni.

Meanwhile, Gagandip Singh Gogi, a resident of Guru Nanak Nagar here was arrested in Bhindranwale effigy case and has identified two Shiv Sena (Hindustan) leaders Harish Singla and Rakesh Atwal in the case.

Bandh call: Flag march by police

Our Correspondent

Nabha, December 12

The police today organised a flag march in the town to boost morale of the residents.

It cautioned against any misadventure during the state bandh call given by the Shiv Sena in protest of the installation of portrait of Bhindranwale in the Sikh Museum at Harmandar Sahib.

Almost 150 jawans and officers of the police led by SHO Kotwali Gurvinder Singh Ball and SHO Sadar Bindu Bala led the flag march in the town.

The SHO Kotwali said the march was a warning to the disruptive forces. He said nobody would be allowed to disturb peace in the area.

The police has arrested six persons, four of the Shiv Sena and two of the Akali Dal Mann to prevent any untoward incident during the bandh on Dcember 14.

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

TODAY FRIDAY 14th DECEMBER 2007

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

TODAY FRIDAY 14th DECEMBER 2007

Panjab Time: 4pm

Most of Panjab seems normal. On the whole, everything seems to be open.

[nanosecond]

Haha.....good

There's no news on any news channel as well

Shiv Sena has no ground in Punjab

[kaur_khalistani_lioness]

[2desi]

Punjab bandh call fails to evoke any response

Chandigarh (PTI): The day-long bandh call given by Shiv Sena (Hindustan) on Friday to protest installation of portrait of Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale in the Golden temple premises evoked partial response today as it passed off peacefully.

While the Shiv Sena (Hindustan) had given bandh call to protest the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbhandhak Committee's (SGPC) decision to install Bhinderanwale's portrait, radical organisation Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) had called for "fateh marches" (victory processions) to hail the move.

The Punjab government had imposed prohibitory orders in the wake of the bandh call and fateh marches. Several activists owning allegiance to both the organisations were taken into custody as a precautionary measure, officials said.

SAD(A) chief Simranjit Singh Mann along with his supporters was arrested in Sangrur, official sources said.

However, the bandh call did not get the support of Shiv Sena (Bal Thackery) in the state.

"Our marches were successful and very peaceful. Still police took us into custody for allegedly violating prohibitory orders," Mann said after his arrest.

Police said that there was no response to the bandh call. The government institutions and other offices, colleges, schools, business establishments and shops across the state functioned normally, officials said here.

At Patiala, police registered a case against Shiv Sena (Hindustan) General Secretary Harish Singla and others for "burning" the photographs of Bhinderanwale

[akitosforever]

Hurray.....Peace in PUNJAB .

Such instigation should have no affect on sangat ....it is only when people react that new ominous actions are initiated.

Fateh

[Harmeet_Singh]

why do i get a feeeling that shiv shena intended nothing to happen? so theyll strike when its least expected?