SGPC slams Chidambaram's remarks on Operation Blue Star, calls it 'half-truth'

Chandigarh, Oct. 12 -- The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has strongly reacted to senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram's recent remarks on the 1984 Operation Blue Star, saying his statement presents only "half the truth."The Sikh body asserted that the military action at the Golden Temple was not merely an institutional decision but a "politically motivated move" by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to salvage her declining political standing.

Chidambaram, speaking at the Khushwant Singh Literature Festival in Kasauli, said that the method used to retake the Golden Temple from militants in 1984 was "wrong," though it was not Indira Gandhi's decision alone. "We can't put the entire blame on her; it was a collective decision...