Amritsar/IBNS, June 6 -- 'Khalistan Zindabad' slogans were on Thursday raised at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the 41st anniversary of Operation Blue Star, media reports said.

The slogans were raised as SAD (Mann faction) leader Simranjit Singh reached the Golden Temple.

It was also the death anniversary of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was killed during the operation, which was carried out by the Indian Army in 1984 on orders of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

The operation was carried out to contain the Sikh militancy under Bhindranwale's leadership.

It was then reported that Bhindranwale had gathered a large number of arms inside the Golden Temple.

The Sikh militants demanded a separate Sikh state called Khalistan and gath...