08/09/2026
FROM THE WINDOW OF HISTORY AS I EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY.
In the 1989 Indian general election, Simranjit Singh Mann's faction of the Akali Dal (SAD-Mann) won 6 official party seats in the Lok Sabha from Punjab, while also backing 3 to 4 other successful independent candidates, bringing their total tally of allied/won seats in the state to 10 out of 13.
In order to prove its majority V.P Singh needed support of Punjab M.P to form his Govt. Most probably in Dec 1989- Jan 1990 I along with S. Amar Singh Chahal Advocate Chandigarh and S. Santokh Singh Gill Advocate Ropar accompanied Late Bimal Kaur Khalsa M.P from Ropar to Delhi, as the Punjab M.P's had yet not taken their oath. We all were waiting in the room of Ch Devi Lal Dy P.M to enter the Parliament to take oath, when we got the news that S. Dhian Singh Mand M.P had taken a stand outside Parliament building that he would be only entering the parliament in case he is permitted with his 3 Feet Kirpan. Simranjit Singh Mann was absent and he had sent his sister to supervise that all M.P of his party participated in the pArliamnet proceedings. Since Dhian Singh Mand M.P represented Taksal, so we all discussed and it was decided taht Bibi Bimal Kaur Khalsa should also not take oath on that day and we came out of the Parliament building and joined M.P Dhian Singh Mand and then all of us went to Punjab Bhawan , New Delhi and held a press conference announcing that that till S. Dhian Singh Mand is permitted with his Kirpan and we added that till S.Atinder Pal Singh another member parliament who was still languishing in Tihar Jail is also brought in Parliament, Bibi Bimal Kaur Khalsa will not take oath in Parliament. I must also state over here after some time Bibi Bimal Kaur Khalsa did take oath in Parliament.
The photograph in black and white is outside the` Parliament building in the front in photo on right side is Bibi Bimal Kaur khalsa and on left is another lady whose name I cannot recollect immediately and on right back side behind Bibi Bimal Kaur Khalsa I am standing. I also made a coloured Photo with the aid of AI. Hope it will be an interesting piece of history for some of you.