The World - News from March 14, 1985
Sikh political leader Harchand Singh Longowal returned in triumph to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Sikhism’s holiest shrine, after nine months in prison and accused India’s Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of plotting to “eliminate the Sikh religion.” Longowal, head of the Akali Dal Party, received a tumultuous reception at the temple complex, where an assault by the Indian army last June to quell armed Sikh separatists cost hundreds of lives. Longowal and seven other Sikh leaders jailed since the attack were freed by Gandhi this week as a conciliatory gesture.
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