Dal Khalsa to host ‘Punjab Summit 2025’ in Jalandhar on Sept 21; agenda to debate law and order, floods, and migration
Babushahi Bureau
Jalandhar, September 18, 2025:
Under the banner of “Punjab Summit 2025,” Dal Khalsa has convened a select gathering of community representatives, activists, and intellectuals on September 21 in Jalandhar to deliberate on pivotal challenges facing the state and to chart an action-oriented roadmap, the outfit announced.
Leaders said the objective is to build collective understanding, propose practicable solutions, and outline a course that upholds Punjab’s dignity, security, self-rule, and resilience. Retired Justice Ranjit Singh, chairman of the Punjab Human Rights Organisation, will chair the summit.
Addressing a press conference, working president Paramjit Singh Mand, secretary (political affairs) Kanwar Pal Singh, and general secretary Paramjeet Singh Tanda said Punjab is “at the crossroads,” underscoring what they termed three acute and escalating threats.
The leadership listed concerns over alleged extrajudicial killings and custodial torture eroding public trust; “weaponisation of water” through floods and dam mismanagement devastating agriculture and infrastructure; and what they described as an unchecked influx of migrant labour impacting social cohesion, economic security, and political autonomy.
Citing a recent crime in Hoshiarpur, the leaders demanded the state cap “unchecked and unwelcome” inward migration, alleging that people with criminal intent from other states were settling in Punjab with political patronage—an allegation they linked to rival parties.
Coming out in support of Sandeep Singh “Sunny,” the outfit accused Patiala jail authorities of subjecting him to custodial violence and denying family access for a week, demanding registration of an FIR and action against the officials concerned, including the superintendent. They claimed the alleged assault followed an altercation involving convicted policemen led by a former inspector. Sunny is an undertrial in the killing of Hindu Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri.
The leaders also criticized the Centre for not permitting a Jatha to visit Nankana Sahib on the Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev in November, urging New Delhi to reconsider and to open the Kartarpur corridor and borders for pilgrims. The statement called for cordial ties with Pakistan and disapproved what it termed an “enemy-like” stance in bilateral relations.