The Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to declassify all papers linked to Operation Blue Star to expose the ‘role of the Congress’ before the people.
Alleged conspiracy
The SAD delegation, led by Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, said that people were still unaware of the alleged conspiracy under which the Army had been ordered to storm into the holiest of Sikh shrines – Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib — in 1984.
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Ms. Badal said the delegation also raised the point that a UK court had recently ordered the government to declassify all papers related to Britain’s involvement in Operation Blue Star. The Indian government must now take necessary steps to secure these papers from its counterpart in Britain, she said.
“Also, we asked Mr. Singh to intervene and address the grievances of the Sikh community in Shillong. Sikhs in Shillong have been subjected to brutal attacks and are being coerced to move out of areas they had inhabited decades ago.,” she added.