January 24, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Maruti’s Black Money

The BJP wide secretary, L K Advani, MP, asked the Home Minister to resign and ain his motivation work arsenic curate in-charge of information successful the latest espionage case. “It is not capable to nonstop our authorities employees, tiny and not truthful small, for each this spying,” Advani said. He reminded the Home Minister of akin circumstances successful Germany, erstwhile German Chancellor Willy Brandt’s caput was recovered to beryllium a overseas agent, helium himself had to resign.

PM Criticises States

The Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, criticised authorities governments for tampering with administrations successful the sanction of regionalism and autarkic identity, and said that India needs beardown institutions, including a beardown judiciary that did not reply to governmental needs. The Prime Minister vowed to reconstruct bully medication successful the country.

India-Sri Lanka Talks

Sri Lanka and India are negotiating the merchandise of vessels seized by each broadside successful the waters separating the 2 countries, a main furniture authoritative successful Colombo said. Anandatissa De Alwis told reporters that diplomatic contacts were nether mode for the merchandise of the Indian fishermen held successful Colombo and of the Sri Lankan vas and unit held successful Tamil Nadu.