Chidambaram later added that the operation was a cumulative decision of the Army, the police, the intelligence, and the civil service.
BJP RP Singh Calls Op. Blue Star Not a National Necessity but a Political Misadventure News: Bharatiya Janata Party National Spokesperson RP Singh on Sunday stated that Operation Blue Star was “completely avoidable” and that it was “not a national necessity,” rather a “political misadventure.”
Reacting to remarks by Congress leader P. Chidambaram, RP Singh said, “As a Nationalist, I strongly believe that Operation Blue Star was completely avoidable, as rightly mentioned by former Home Minister P. Chidambaram.”
RP Singh made the remarks in a post on X on Sunday.
Operation Blue Star was the June 1984 Army action at the Golden Temple in Amritsar to evict militants.
According to a report by The Indian Express, former Union Minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday stated, “No disrespect to any military officers here, but that was a wrong way to retrieve the Golden Temple. A few years later, we showed the right way to retrieve the Golden Temple by keeping out the Army… Blue Star was the wrong way and I agree that Mrs. Gandhi paid with her life for that mistake.”
The report added that P. Chidambaram made the comments while moderating a discussion on ‘They Will Shoot You, Madam’, a book by journalist Harinder Baweja, at the Khushwant Singh Literature Festival in Himachal Pradesh’s Kasauli.
Chidambaram, the report said, was responding to a statement by Baweja that Indira Gandhi paid with her life for her decision on Operation Blue Star.
The report noted that Chidambaram later added that the operation was a cumulative decision of the Army, the police, the intelligence, and the civil service.
“You cannot blame it only on Mrs. Gandhi. Would you?” Chidambaram asked Baweja.
Former Home Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram said, “No disrespect to any military officers here, but that (Operation Blue Star) was the wrong way to retrieve the Golden Temple. A few years later, we showed the right way to retrieve the Golden Temple by keeping the Army… pic.twitter.com/fNG40TnWUi
— Gagandeep Singh (@Gagan4344) October 12, 2025
RP Singh, National Spokesperson of the BJP, in the post on X further stated, “A more strategic approach like Operation Black Thunder, where electricity and water supply to the Golden Temple were cut off and militants were compelled to surrender, could have achieved the objective without desecrating the sanctity of Sri Harmandir Sahib and the Akal Takhat, and without the tragic loss of innocent devotees’ lives.”
He alleged that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi chose the path of confrontation for electoral gain and political reasons.
As a Nationalist, I strongly believe that Operation Blue Star was completely avoidable, as rightly mentioned by former Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
— RP Singh National Spokesperson BJP (@rpsinghkhalsa) October 12, 2025
A more strategic approach like Operation Black Thunder, where electricity and water supply to the Golden Temple were cut off and…
“Mrs. Indira Gandhi, for political reasons, chose the path of confrontation for electoral gain, seeking to ignite nationalist fervour before the 1984 parliamentary elections by portraying the most patriotic community of India, the Sikhs, as anti-national. In doing so, she got trapped in her own political web and ultimately paid for it with her life,” RP Singh added.
“But the real tragedy was borne by my community, over 3,000 Sikhs were brutally massacred in Delhi and more than 30,000 killed across Punjab, victims of a calculated political design that tore apart the social fabric of the nation. History must record the truth: Operation Blue Star was not a national necessity — it was a political misadventure,” he further added.
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