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...Sikh restiveness in Punjab. We now have the Akali Dal (the main Sikh political party) taking a reasonably positive stand. It has condemned terrorism, and I think this is good. We have taken a lot of steps to help Sikh moderates come forward. By and large, I think there is a realization among Sikhs that we want to solve their problems and end the turmoil in Punjab...
...problems facing India. Politically, Punjab. Economically, birth control. We have reduced the population growth rate to 1.8% from 2.2%, but that is not good enough. We are trying to put more energy into traditional birth control programs, but the ultimate answer is better education. On the international scene, disarmament is a major challenge. Closer to home, there is a need for better relations among the countries of South Asia...
...security forces sealed highways into and out of the city and subjected plane, train and bus passengers to careful searches. Police swept through ten Sikh temples in New Delhi, hunting for suspects. Some 200 Sikhs were detained in New Delhi; 600 more were arrested in sweeps in Haryana and Punjab...
...Gandhi's efforts to find a peaceful solution to Sikh grievances, and shattered hopes for early negotiations. Since he took office after his mother's assassination, Gandhi, 40, has given top priority to dealing with the Sikh crisis. For the past three years, that struggle has focused on Punjab, a northwestern state in which the Sikhs, a relatively prosperous 2% minority in greater India, have a slight majority. Tensions came to a head last June after armed Sikh radicals, many of them demanding an independent state to be called Khalistan, barricaded themselves in the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Sikhdom...
Like Bhindranwale, the radicals are determined to prevent a peaceful settlement. They aim instead to provoke a showdown between Hindus and Sikhs of such intensity that the 14 million Hindus who reside in Punjab would be forced to flee. That, the radicals believe, would inevitably result in the creation of an independent state. As one analyst of Sikh affairs explained last week, "The ghost of Bhindranwale cannot be exorcised." To speed what they hope will be a massive Hindu migration out of Punjab, Sikh terrorists have marked local Hindu leaders for assassination. In recent weeks, three have been gunned down...