In a flashback of sorts, Khan recalled the events of August 18, 1988, when a bill was taken up in the Lok Sabha to award central university status to the Jamia Millia Islamia University. He recalled how two former students of the university protested against some of the provisions of the bill by throwing papers from the visitors gallery. One of the students was Javed Ali Khan and the other was his friend Raj Vashishth. Javed Ali Khan and Vashishth, as the former general secretary and president of the university, felt it was their responsibility to raise their voice against several provisions of the bill, Khan recalled.
The Punjab Police swung into action and arrested over 650 Akali workers, including more than a dozen legislators and Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee members, in an attempt to frustrate the “rasta roko” stir, scheduled to begin.
The suspension of kinnow fruit supply to Bangladesh due to increased anti-dumping and import duties may also affect prices in the domestic market. The Kinnow Fruit Traders’ Association at a meeting held recently urged the Government of India to take up the issue with Bangladesh.
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