Pro-Khalistan slogans were raised by at the Holy Golden Temple in Amritsar on the 38th anniversary of Operation Bluestar.
The marbled premises of the Golden Temple near Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs was echoed with pro-Khalistan slogans.
Many youths held banners and placards with ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ written on them.
They wore t-shirts with the picture of slain separatist leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale printed on them.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious body of the Sikhs, displayed the bullet-ridden holy Book of Sikhs Guru Granth Sahib ‘Saroop.’
Operation Bluestar was a military operation carried out in 1984 against sikh separists and militants- who were present inside the Golden Temple.
‘Saroop’, which was installed in the sanctum sanctorum at that time, was hit by a bullet during the military action in 1984.
Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale was the face of the idea of Khalistan. he had attended a residential Sikh seminary in the village of Bhindar (near sangrur) which was run by Damdami Taksal at Anandprakash Gurdwara in Malwa region.
He gathered a considerable following of like-minded Sikhs and stockpiled weapons. In early June 1984 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordered Indian troops to attack the holy complex.
