Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Golden Temple on 38th anniversary of Operation Bluestar

Professional-Khalistan slogans had been raised by supporters of radical Sikh outfits as nicely as that of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) at the Golden Temple on the 38th anniversary of Procedure Bluestar. The marbled premises of the Golden Temple near Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, echoed with professional-Khalistan slogans.

Numerous youths held banners and placards with ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ prepared on them. They wore t-shirts with the image of slain separatist chief Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale printed on them. Pro-Khalistan slogans were also elevated by activists of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) outfit led by former MP Simranjit Singh Mann, who was also present at the place. He elevated the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and demanded justice for the loved ones.

Procedure Bluestar was a navy operation carried out in 1984 to flush out the militants from the Golden Temple. Elaborate security preparations had been put in spot in Amritsar to guarantee that the celebration handed off effortlessly.

Jathedar of Akal Takht Gyani Harpreet Singh, in his information to the Sikh local community on the event, said Sikh preachers and scholars want to stop by the border regions to market Sikhism and apprise the youth about the abundant Sikh tenets and record. He also talked about the need to battle the scourge of the drug menace which has stricken many youths.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious entire body of the Sikhs, exhibited the bullet-ridden holy ‘Saroop’ (quantity) of the Guru Granth Sahib. The ‘Saroop’, which was installed in the sanctum sanctorum at that time, was strike by a bullet throughout the armed service motion in 1984.