Dal Khalsa vows to launch struggle for Punjab’s bright future, challenging unregulated migration, drug menace, alleged illegal acts of police
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, November 1, 2026: Vowing to change the political dynamics of the state, Dal Khalsa, at a Convention here today, declared its commitment to a bright future for Punjab, even as Punjab pays a devastating price for successive governments' political bankruptcy; drugs are consuming its youth, its demographic and cultural identity faces mounting pressure from unregulated migration, and the unchecked proliferation of tobacco continues to undermine public health.
Paying solemn tributes to the victims of the November 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom, Dal Khalsa reaffirmed its resolve not to rest until all those who conspired to perpetrate the genocide were brought to justice.
"Nearly five years after the Aam Aadmi Party promised a new Punjab, nothing has changed except the faces occupying the seats of power," declared Dal Khalsa at its Punjab Day convention in Chandigarh. Does a government actually exist in Punjab, or has governance been reduced to advertisements, political spectacles and electoral calculations?”
“The Congress, Akali Dal, BJP and now AAP have all failed the people of Punjab. The police function as law unto themselves, bureaucracy remains a super authoritarian body, and people continue to suffer,” said Dal Khalsa Working President Paramjit Singh Mand, addressing the gathering at Kisan Bhawan.
Dal Khalsa strongly condemned the Punjab government's highly repressive handling of the public outrage following the daylight murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Mansa.
Referring to the recent murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa, party Working President Paramjit Singh Mand said the killing represented a damning indictment of the state's failure to protect those challenging the drug trade.
"The Bhagwant Mann government has turned its war against drugs into a war against those fighting the drug menace. Instead of putting drug traffickers and the mafia behind bars, it is jailing activists and criminalising public protest said Dal Khalsa ideologue Kanwar Pal Singh.
Convened under the theme "Dal Khalsa Convention on The Future of Punjab," to mark the 60th year of Punjab Day, the convention reiterated that Punjab’s future lies in establishing Punjab as an independent and sovereign country.
Significantly, the event organised by Dal khalsa brought together distinguished personalities including Justice Ranjit Singh, Emaan Singh Mann, Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema, Karnail Singh Panjoli (SGPC) , Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Rajinder Singh of Khalsa Panchayat, Prof. Jagmohan Singh, Kendri Singh Sabha leader Khushal Singh, Senior Journalist Jagtar Singh, Jaspal Singh Sidhu, Advocate Simranjit Singh, Advocate Navkiran Singh, Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, Ajaypal Singh Brar, Navdeep Singh Ambala (Haryana) among others.
"Migration for employment is a natural economic phenomenon, and nobody disputes the right of people to earn an honest livelihood. Our concern is the complete absence of a policy regulating migration, settlement, employment and land ownership in a state with a distinct linguistic, cultural and historical identity," explained Dal Khalsa ideologue Kanwar Pal Singh.
"Over the last 5 decades, successive governments in Punjab have refused even to acknowledge the seriousness of the issue. Political parties see migrant populations through the narrow prism of electoral advantage, even though the consequences for Punjab's employment, infrastructure and social fabric are conveniently ignored," said party working President Paramjit Singh Mand.
“On Punjab Day, Dal Khalsa declares that after 60 years, it is time to judge the Indian state by its actions and outcomes, not its promises and intentions. The trauma of Partition in 1947, the injustices accompanying Punjab’s reorganisation in 1966, the genocidal assaults of June and November 1984, and decades of political repression and denial of Punjab’s legitimate rights- the party declares that Punjab neither forgets its painful past nor abandons its struggle for justice, dignity and rightful rights.
Announcing the decision to launch a statewide campaign against these menaces, Dal Khalsa Working President Paramjit Singh Mand said, “Taking into account the ideas and suggestions by various activists here today, Dal Khalsa would mobilise public opinion, engage concerned citizens and organisations, and pursue sustained democratic, administrative and legal action to compel government accountability.”
The party release emphatically stated, "Punjab belongs to its people, not to political parties that treat it as an electoral prize. We refuse to remain silent spectators while our youth are destroyed, our collective interests neglected and our future compromised. The time for warnings is over. It's time to launch the struggle.