finally, longowal announced that as of 3 june 1984 would practice civil disobedience by refusing to pay land revenue, water and electricity bills, and block the flow of grain out of punjab. the sikh coalition in opposition to the central government held together until september 1983, when the increasing frustrations of negotiating with the prime minister began to take its toll in a growing division between jarnail singh bhindranwale and jagdev singh talwandi (refusing to pay land revenue, water and electricity bills, harchand singh longowal.