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Why did the Anandpur Sahib Resolution become controversial?

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The Anandpur Sahib Resolution asserted regional autonomy and wanted to redefine centrestate relationship in the country. The resolution also spoke of the aspirations of the Sikh qaum (community or nation) and declared its goal as attaining the bolbala (dominance or hegemony) of the Sikhs. The Resolution was a plea for strengthening federalism, but it could also be interpreted as a plea for a separate Sikh nation. The resolution had a limited appeal among the Sikh masses.

(i) The Akali government lost its importance and was dismissed in 1980s.

(ii) It launched a movement on the distribution of water between Punjab and its neighbouring states.

(iii) The movement slowly went from the moderate Akalis to the control of the Extremists and got converted into an armed insurgency for which the Anandpur Sahib Resolution was held responsible.


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