Human rights abuses in Punjab, India According to the US State Department, and the Assistant Inspector General of the Punjab Police Intelligence Division, the KCF was responsible for the 1995 assassination of Chief Minister Beant Singh. Human rights abuses in Punjab, India From 1984 to 1994, the state of Punjab in northern India was engaged in a power struggle between the militant secessionist Khalistan movement and Indian security forces. The Indian government responded to the escalating Punjab insurgency by launching Operation Blue Star in 1984, storming the Harmandir Sahib, or Golden Temple complex in Amritsar—the center of Sikh religious and spiritual life, where some militant groups
Sehajdhari Sikh Party Sehajdhari Sikh Party Sehajdhari Sikh Party (SSP), formerly known as Sehajdhari Sikh Federation (SSF), is a political party registered under section 29(A) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 by the Election Commission of India. It claims to be the world's first organization that represents the Sahajdhari Sikhs. Dr. Paramjeet Singh Ranu is the founder National President of the Party.]. SSP aims to spread the teachings and principles of Guru Nanak Dev and the other Sikh Gurus with the preaching of Guru Granth Sahib, to "spread the Message of Peace worldwide". It also aims to "prevent the fascist forces