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In a message to mark the 39th anniversary of the Indian Army's 'Operation Bluestar' in Amritsar, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Tuesday said scars of the 1984 attack make the Sikhs 'mazboot' (strong).Amid heavy security build up, ...

Operation Bluestar Anniversary: Radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa's activists were seen holding placards bearing portraits of slain militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhidnrawale and raising pro-Khalistan slogans

Hundreds of Sikh youths, led by the Dal Khalsa, were carrying Khalistani flags and photographs of damaged Akal Takht.

Akal Takht officiating Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Tuesday gave a call to all Sikh outfits to join hands to work towards strengthening the religion, especially in rural belts, while “expecting the least from the government”.

Jathedar Sri Akal Takht Sahib Giani Harpreet Singh urged Sikh organisations to begin a movement in the villages of Punjab to make the youth reconnect with Akal Takht.

The controversial operation had far-reaching consequences and was followed by the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, and the massacre of Sikhs in Delhi.

A deadly army raid in 1984 ended a militant separatist movement calling for a Sikh state of Khalistan

Decades later, it remains urgent that an alternative political discourse is nurtured to commemorate Punjab's spirit of perseverance and to reflect its innate multi-culturalism

Pro-Khalistan slogans were raised during the congregation at Golden Temple for which a large number of supporters and sympathisers of radical outfits had begun to throng since early morning.

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