On the 34th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, the All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) on Wednesday raised pro-Khalistan slogans inside the premises of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
The AISSF, founded in 1944, is a Sikh student organisation and political outfit in India.
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, condemning all types of slogan shouting, in a press conference, said, it is “not good to raise slogans inside the Golden Temple when Gurbani is played.”
Security has been beefed up outside the Golden Temple. Five Rapid Action Force companies and several companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed across the city to maintain law and order.
In the run-up to the anniversary, the Punjab Police had also busted a few modules of extremists that allegedly operated at the behest of foreign-based handlers to cause communal disturbances.
The Indian Army had carried out Operation Blue Star in the first week of June 1984 to evict hiding terrorists from the Golden Temple complex.
Meanwhile, a radical outfit named Dal Khalsa on Tuesday staged a 'genocide remembrance parade' in Amritsar to pay homage to the people killed in Operation Blue Star.