This is the beforehand leafage of The Indian Express published connected October 24, 1984.
Head Priests vs Govt
Two rounds of prolonged talks betwixt Sikh caput priests and the authorities representatives failed to benignant retired the contention of the Nihang main of Buddha Dal, Baba Santa Singh’s volition to sojourn Akal Takht to connection prayers connected Diwali. The authorities representatives, however, reached an statement with some the parties connected maintaining instrumentality and bid connected the occasion.
US Backs India
After 2 days of talks with the Indian government, the US Assistant Secretary of State, Richard Murphy, came retired with a connection “reiterating” the US condemnation that India has nary volition of attacking Pakistan. Murphy’s connection was seemingly aimed astatine assuaging Indian choler implicit the connection by the US Ambassador successful Pakistan, Deane R Hinton, portraying India arsenic a imaginable aggressor.
India-Mauritius Talks
India assured each imaginable assistance to Mauritius successful its improvement enactment and agreed to enlarge areas of co-operation specified arsenic education, culture, technology, method know-how and health. India’s keen involvement successful the wide advancement of Mauritius was conveyed to the Mauritian Prime Minister, Anerood Jugnauth, erstwhile helium called connected the visiting Indian President, Zail Singh.
Janata Split
The Janata Party portion successful Bihar divided vertically with bulk of legislators and MPs owing allegiance to Karpoori Thakur, favouring introduction into the recently formed Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party (DMKP), headed by Charan Singh. The solution adopted astatine the residence of Thakur authorised him to instrumentality a last determination connected the improvement of a nationalist alternate successful the discourse of Opposition unity, preservation of ideology and nationalist interest.