Punjab / Khalistani flags seen in Golden Temple on Op Blue Star's anniversary

On 37th anniversary of Operation Blue Star on Sunday, posters of Khalistani separatist Jarnail Bhindranwale, and Khalistani flags were seen during an event inside Amritsar's Sri Harmandir Sahib also known as Golden Temple. Amritsar commissionerate police said they will deploy over 6,000 officers to keep vigil across city. State government has tightened security across state especially in Amritsar.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 06, 2021, 02:33 PM
Amritsar: On the occasion of the 37th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, posters of Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Bhindranwale and Khalistani flags were seen during an event inside Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, Punjab.

Hundreds of people gathered inside the Golden Temple and were seen holding the flags and raising slogans.

Bhindranwale was the head of the Sikh religious sect Damdami Taksal. He was killed along with his armed followers during Operation Blue Star launched by the Indian Army at the Golden Temple complex.

The Indian Army carried out Operation Blue Star in 1984 between June 1 and June 8. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, had ordered the military operation to flush out Sikh terrorists including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who were accumulating weapons inside the premises of the Golden Temple.