gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) (04/24/91)
The Cong(I), BJP and the CPI and M have agreed to participate in the elections in the northern state of punjab if the polls are postponed to the end of June or the first week of July. An 11 member delegation of the four parties met the president Mr.Venkataraman in NewDelhi today in this regard. The CPI president Mr.H.K.Surjit has welcomed the govt's initiative on resuming talks with the sikh militants of Punjab but said, people wants to know what is being discussed, He said his party favours even granting amnesty to those who renounce terrorism and separatism. The JD also urged the president to take all political parties into confidence on his talks with the sikh leaders. The party spokesman Mr.Jaipal Reddy said such sensitive discussions should not be treated like a private affair. With only two days left, filing of nominations continuous to pour in. Over 2000 candidates filed their nomination papers today (* a list will be posted later this evening ). Prominent among them are the senior BJP leader Mrs.Vijaya Raje Scindhia, the former Haryana CM Mr.Chautala, Mr.Abdul Rahaman Antulay - the former CM of Maharashtra, and the former union ministers Mr.V.C.Shukla, Buta singh, Shankaranand, Shivaraj Patil and the film star Sunit Dutt. The president Mr.R.Venkatarman leaving New Delhi today on an eight day state visit to Vietnam and the Phillipines. In Manila, the president will deliver a lecture at the Phillipines university. Several leaders and organizations have condemned the killing of the editor of a Urdu daily by terrorists in Srinager today. The editor of the Urdu daily ( name unclear ) Mr. Mohd Masood was shot dead by the terrorists in Srinager city around 10:30 this morning. According to an agency report, the editorial g(u)ild of the valley has decided to suspend the publication of newspapers in the valley indefinitely in protest against the killing. Narotham Reddy ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Edited by Surekha Reddy Gaddam --